ASSIGNED IDENTITY




Assigned Identity is an ongoing photographic and multimedia exploration of the diasporic experience of a hybrid migrant in contemporary society. It reflects on the individual who moves in search of a better environment for life, education, and opportunity during an era defined by the internet, AI, social media, globalisation, and the political uncertainties of the Western world.It is a generation of young people sprung into the world with no generational knowledge of it, nor the world knowing of them. They are identity-less individuals finding their place within it.People migrating are often stripped of their true identity in search of a new one. They begin to look and explore without a clear foundation, without a base idea of self. In a metropolis, identity becomes not just personal but socially constructed, often without the representation of ethnic communities, as these might be too small or discouraged from forming.Illuminating the complexities and layers of identity formation within the diasporic context. It celebrates the resilience, diversity, and inherent beauty of the search for identity, offering viewers a profound journey of self-discovery and cultural reclamation.

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Slavic Squatt stereotype




















Slavic Girl, Slavic Boy

Slavic Eastern Europeans are frequently cast as a people without emotions, where vulnerability finds little space to surface. I chose to portray two young Slavs whose faces remain nearly emotionless until a single tear disturbs the quiet.

New generations of Eastern Europeans live in the shadow of a divided past, still shaped by the cultural and political legacies of the former Eastern Bloc. They inherit identities from post-communist society, yet often dissolve seamlessly into the international demographic, appearing anonymous, indistinguishable, almost without origin.






























‘Psychogeographic jacket’ which's meaning varies by the individual wearing it and the location where it is worn.
















































Exhibition__Sep 2025 at NOIASCAPE in London
Exhibition Design by PostForma lead by Adam Terlanda


Photo series developed__2023 - ongoing____________