This series of portraits depicts actresses playing other actresses in biographical films.
I was interested in the relationship between performer and subject. Actresses cast in biopics are often connected to the people they portray through admiration or a long standing fascination. In taking on these roles, they temporarily inhabit another person's public identity.
The work also reflects on the way we imagine ourselves through celebrity. As children we might pretend to be a princess or a film star, and that impulse to identify with someone else continues into adulthood in different forms.
The series also relates to the familiar idea that every portrait is, in some way, a self-portrait. In portraying another actress, each performer inevitably brings something of herself to the role, making these portraits both representations of their subjects and indirect portraits of the actresses themselves.
