ReflectingYOU
A collective portrait experience that reveals the connections between people.
ReflectingYOU is a people-centred photography project that transforms groups into collective portraits. It focuses on human connection, using photography as a shared space.
Working with communities, organisations, schools, and institutions, ReflectingYOU creates visual narratives that reflect how individuals exist within a collective — distinct, present, and connected.
What
ReflectingYOU is a socially engaged art project that explores human connection through collective portraiture.
Participants are photographed in pairs, sharing the same photographic space. The portraits are relational by nature: they exist through proximity, presence, and encounter. The work emphasises how people appear in relation to one another.
As the process unfolds, the portraits connect to form a continuous visual chain. Over time, this chain becomes a collective image — a shared representation of the group as a whole.
The outcome is a collective image in which individuality thrives while connection becomes central.
How
ReflectingYOU unfolds as a shared photographic process.
People take part in pairs. Two participants stand together and are photographed simultaneously, using a mirror that allows them to appear within the same image. Each portrait is created in camera, without post-production.
As the photo shoot progresses, each paired portrait naturally connects to the next. The visual chain emerges during the session itself, shaped by participation and sequence.
The result is a collective portrait formed through encounter.
WATCH THE VIDEO!
The videos below show the project both in action and through participants' own words.
Video #1: Participant Reflections – interviews with individuals who took part in ReflectingYOU
Video #2: ReflectingYOU x DLR – documentation of the 2020 event where travellers were photographed as part of a public engagement experience
Why
In a world that often focuses on differences, ReflectingYOU offers a shared visual space.
It does not erase individuality.
It does not manufacture unity.
Instead, it makes visible how people coexist. A little bit of us in everyone.
Who
ReflectingYOU is designed for any group of people who share a space, purpose, or experience:
Universities and colleges
Schools and youth programmes
Cultural institutions and galleries
Community organisations
Arts & culture festivals
Public institutions (transport, councils, civic spaces)
NGOs and social impact organisations
Creative agencies and communication teams
Workplaces seeking a meaningful, human-centred experience
What
ReflectingYOU can be commissioned in different formats:
Collective Portrait Session
A half-day or full-day experience where a group is photographed to create a portrait chain.
Community Portrait Project
A multi-session programme designed for schools, universities, and community groups.
Exhibition / Installation
Transform the resulting portrait chain into a public artwork for a gallery, campus, or organisation.
Public Engagement Activation
ReflectingYOU events in public spaces, documenting the human presence of a city or community.
Campaign Collaboration
A visual identity project for organisations that want to represent their human side.
Bring ReflectingYOU to your organisation, community, or event.
Let’s create a collective portrait that celebrates the individuals who shape your environment and culture.