'All that Glisters is not Gold'
This series is based around the popular expression from a line in William Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice', which employs the word "glisters," a 17th-century synonym for "glitters."
My vision with these images was to display figures in a strong gilded form but also appearing vulnerable.
I wanted to portray my feelings of increasing concern with social media and the identities or be it possible false identities we see from the outside looking in.
Life has become so much about validation and we see individuals 'gilding' their lives so they appear to others to be what they think is'perfect'
"All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life has sold, But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms enfold, Had you been as wise as bold, Your limbs, in judgement old, Your answer had not been in 'scroll'd, Fare you well: your suit is cold. 'Cold, indeed, and labour lost: Then, farewell, heat and welcome frost!"
- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
