Artist Statement
I was surrounded by hundreds of young women in black cocktail dresses and stacked heels. It was 1pm on a Sunday. And so began The Sorority Girl Project.
The constructed public personas we all assume are magnified within this community – a community where young women live under tremendous and contradictory pressures. The “sorority girl” is as revered as she is detested. Her perfection is a well-guarded myth.
The images in The Sorority Girl Project reveal the cracks in the façade. By focusing on the moments that surround the formal photographic portrait, we are given access to a rehearsal for the camera and a fleeting vulnerability.