Glitter Nazis

Inspired by Hannah Arendt’s “Banality of Evil”, social psychology experiments such as the Milgram and Stanford Prison Experiments sought to explain the horrors of the Holocaust. Revealing the dark side of human nature, these experiments clearly demonstrate authority’s power over morals and the sadistic capabilities of ordinary people. Alerting us to the dangers within, these outcomes make clear the brutal potential of human nature. 

Working in portraiture, the indexical and historical nature of the photograph is repackaged through layers of glitter. Beautiful yet cheap, the inherit dichotomy of glitter exposes the duality of human nature. Blurring the lines between endorsement and condemnation, this juxtaposition of image and material is intended to confront the viewer with moral grayness.