Chimera – examining beauty ideas and digital manipulation
Chimera is a photographic investigation into the shifting landscape of beauty in the age of artificial intelligence and social media.
Using the Tarot’s Major Arcana as a symbolic framework, the series reimagines portraiture as a mirror of modern selfhood, where individuality is eroded, faces are homogenised, and perfection is endlessly replicated. At a time when beauty filters, cosmetic procedures, and AI-generated imagery dominate our feeds, Chimera asks: what do we lose when our differences disappear?
The project doesn’t aim to critique but to seduce, drawing viewers into surreal, hyper-stylised portraits that feel both familiar and unsettlingly perfect. This exhibition lands in the middle of one of the most urgent cultural conversations of our time: the intersection of beauty, technology, and identity.
By staging it on Chapel Street, itself once an epicentre of fashion, beauty, and reinvention, Chimera positions itself as both art and commentary, challenging audiences to reflect on the future of beauty, and the cost of chasing perfection.
- Organised by: CJS Photography
- Contact name: Carly Soderstrom
- Phone: 0418188843
- Email: hi@carlzjsoda.com
