Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion Victor Burgin Lindokuhle Sobekwa began this project

Lindokuhle Sobekwa began this project after finding a family portrait with his sister Ziyanda’s face cut out

an original comic by Lizzy Stewart

Edited by Paul Graham in collaboration with Dragana Vujanovic and Louise Wolthers from The Hasselblad Foundation

the work bears reference to that particular history which links photography to exploration – the successive conquests of the sea

Burgin argues that no image is merely an optical experience – all images are essentially psychological events and thus virtual also

Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion Victor Burgin Lindokuhle Sobekwa began this projectScratching beneath fashions glossy surface, Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion reveals the rich and varied ways in which fashion has harnessed the playful, radical, and regenerative potentials of dirt and waste as signifiers of rebellion, authenticity, and desirability. Various forms of dirt organic as well as man made have emerged as vital sources of material innovation and artistic expression in a fashion landscape increasingly shaped by