Acceptance?

I read about the ‘mirror stage’ that children go through from 8 to 16 months. They fail to recognize their own reflection and think the person in the mirror is someone else.  I am 26, and I sometimes fail to recognize who the person in my mirror is. As time passes and I grow physically, am I growing mentally? Emotionally? Am I healing and moving on from what I went through and go through? I started to think a lot about myself, my behavior, my reactions to myself, and my reflection. My relationship with myself. I observed myself for a few days, in public and in private. And I noticed I do not like to look at myself when I am around people or when I’m alone. Through these images, I want to acknowledge the fear- about various things- and the awkwardness I feel about my body and behavior. Each image has a meaning from the past and present to help the future me. They all have me, my reflection, or both. By the end of this project, I have reached a stage where I have decided to accept myself and recognize the person in the reflection. I'll do things for my happiness and care as much as I do for others. I won't change, but I will learn to keep growing to become a better version of myself.   

The mirror image is the one where Im representing myself. The cover I need to put on my face for the rest of the world when how I'm actually feeling is just the opposite. The tension, stress, and fear of just existing.
The glass image is another image that talks about my feeling inside out and how it's like the reflection of the opposite side and is colorless sometimes. My reflection looks like faces of people in religious paintings. But the funny thing is, I do
This is an image where I want to show my fear but also an action I want to be able to act. Looking at myself in the glass in public places. Without thinking about what the people will feel about me or think about me.
The metal box is a spice box that is found in every Indian household. Now that I am getting married soon, the fear of my future is what keeps coming to my mind as I look at the box every day when I cook. Will I be stuck using this box forever and be
This is an image where I wanted to talk about how social media has taken over the world and we all feel obligated to post our images online constantly. But I hate taking selfies to post on social media. It is another way of thinking about the fact ab
This is an image of me sitting on the floor and self-reflecting. I want to sit and think about how I can change myself, morally and ethically. Many people think I'm starting afresh and don’t know what I'm doing. Till very recently, I believed that. B

Assistence

  • Khush Patel

    Photographer