Beauty has shaped the world we live in for as long as we’ve existed.
I am not like me explores appearance as a stage for expression. Not to condemn it, but to understand what it reveals about us. It’s not about judgment. Not about right or wrong, beautiful or not. It’s about the privilege of choice: the possibility of telling a story through one’s own body and how people present themselves in the moment they feel most at ease, as if they’ve arrived in the version of themselves they want to live right now. I am not like me is not a contradiction, but an embrace of transformation. A reminder that identity is not fixed, but fluid, a process of becoming. The work captures how people shape identity through appearance, how they design themselves using make up, cosmetic procedures, fitness, or tattoos. Bodies become curated marketable products: always within societal frameworks, yet driven by personal intention.
How much of our appearance is truly self-determined, and how much is shaped by external ideals?