Shot on 35mm color film and chemically altered with film souping.

Shot and styled by Hartenjager

Model: Lonneke

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Bubblehead

To live or to Survive? Bubblehead, pictured in her own bubble, blowing her bubblegum while others grasp for air.

She lives in a world where comfort never ends, yet meaning slowly evaporates. Her bubble, made of fragile water and air, becomes both a luxury and a trap, a climate that keeps her afloat while disconnecting her from everything real.

The series reflects on what it means to live versus to survive. In a Western environment where survival is almost guaranteed, living turns into spectacle. Adjusted to an environment where we can afford to blow bubbles, while others are left grasping for air. The ability to waste has become a symbol of privilege: to pollute air for 5 seconds of relief, to waste water by blowing bubbles for entertainment, to burn what others fight to access.