Altered

• Photographer
  Manon Ouimet
• Photo Date
  2018

ALTERED is a body of photographic work that challenges our assumptions of beauty, what it means to be whole, and what it means to be human. It focuses attention on a community of people who have unwillingly embarked on life-changing body alterations due to illness, war, accidents and violence. The intention is to illuminate people who are often marginalised, and contribute to conversations around equality and diversity. By crossing boundaries between various photographic genres and merging a contemporary fashion aesthetic with a social-documentary focus, subject matter and practice, the work