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This body of work is an exploration...
This body of work is an exploration of the extent of cultural appropriation and encourages a discussion about it. I give the appropriator and the appropriated the opportunity to defend themselves and create a dialogue between them, while maintaining a neutral stance myself. I am not attacking those who appropriate, merely educating and creating awareness. I’m also exploring appropriation myself, and discovering the carying degrees of it within this visual conversation.
I’d like to make this a long term exploration, with a lot more participants as a form of generation-wide debate. If you’d like to be photographed to add your point of view, please do not hesitate to pop me a message here or an email at sanaahamid@yahoo.com and we could work something out!
I personally don’t approach this series with any neutrality whatsoever. I think the people who are appropriating the symbols are doing a pretty good job of showcasing the superficiality and self-centeredness of their thought processes, especially in the contrast with the people who have a personal connection with their own culture. It’s a really effective series.
