Untag This Photo

Untag This Photo, a project photographed in various clubs and lounges around New York City, takes a look at the intersection of the contemporary, Lady Gaga-esque exhibitionism with the viral explosion of digital cameras and social-networking participants, examining its effect on the social behavior and self-representation of women. Cameras, ever more compact and omnipresent, are increasingly admitted into heretofore ‘private’ realms: late-night dance halls, erotic events, even in the bedroom. Instead of an instrument of voyeurism, the camera becomes a welcomed participant. The women photographed are not just permitting but actually performing for the camera; it connects them, the virtual exhibitionists, to a vast anonymous audience.