This Self Portrait Series depicts a variety of different characters in single moments with a larger story. For each, the stories are left ambiguous, and it is left up to the viewer to fill in the larger narrative. The women in these stories do not show their faces, so their identity, like their stories, remains a mystery.
Patty Maher is an internationally recognized, award winning fine art and conceptual photographer based in Caledon, Ontario. The inspiration for her photography comes from an exploration of storytelling in both natural and urban settings. Working primarily through staged portraiture and self-portraiture Maher is widely known for hiding or obscuring the faces of her subjects using only posture, gesture, symbol and colour to convey emotion and story.
