Before/After, photo, 1280x1280, 1280x1280
"Hair deeply affects people, can transfigure or repulse them. Symbolic of life, hair bolts from our head. Like the earth, it can be harvested, but it will rise again. We can change its color ad texture when the mood strikes us, but in time it will return to its original form, just as nature will in time turn our previously laid out cities into a weed-way."
A Natural History of the Senses, Touch chapter 2, "Hair," pg 84.
Diane Ackerman
Statement: This photo series depicts a before and after from a dramatic haircut. As noted in the chapter, hair is symbolic feature used for expression, religious symbolism, sexuality, all while reflecting the cycles of earth and time. These photos reflect a moment where I wanted to shift my femininity and sexuality to a neutral position, and I found shaving my head was the best way to accomplish this.
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