LEA GOLDA HOLTERMAN ::
FASHION SERIES
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- Emotional landscapes, twisted realities “The seeds of the past can sprout into a disordered reality...
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- Shot in various locations between Palestine and Israel, the project investigates the tension between the present and the past.
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- Fashion plays a fundamental role in the de-familiarization of the present, enabling the viewer to understand the role of the past in the present as a mental disorder.
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- The subjects wear fashion items from the Spring/Summer 2010 collections. The assumption is that a person is not able to become an individual owing to the lack of free choice.
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- This affects one’s perception of reality, creating distorted emotional landscapes that, in turn, form national identities.
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- Men are caught up in a misunderstanding regarding time.
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- They sacrifice their lives for a sacred past.
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- The past has power over the subjects, it abuses the present repressing and denying their ability to create a self-designed identity.
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- The present, covered by the shadow of the past, legitimizes violence and creates twisted identities.
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- Identity is an object in the hands of nationalism, depriving people of their own consciousness and privacy.
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- Such distorted view and its symbols create parallel realities that do not support or tolerate each other, thus resulting in a silent conflict. Will it last forever?”
Twisted Identities
Photographer: Lea Golda Holterman
Creative assistant: Haya Rukin
Text by: Lea Golda Holterman
Special thanks to: Luigi V., Muhamad, Delcho Simeonov, Ali, Josef, David, Temporary Showroom Berlin and Starstyling Berlin
Shot in Palestine and Israel
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For the TIME issue, Lea Golda Holterman has realized a shooting to give account of the burden of the History on the youth living both in Israel and Palestine, without caring about any kind of wall.
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Published on DROME 17 – the TIME issue
