Almost every human in the present experiences some kind of self-objectification. Especially women are prone to internalise an objectifying gaze due to penetrant narratives of beauty. Hence, » Distance « aims to chart how social meanings mediate to individuals a distant body perspective and lead to a separation from immediate sensual perception. It displays visually the degree to which people develop a blurred mental image of the physical self. An image that fluctuates, more or less rapidly according to social contexts, between centres of attention and scale of focus (from ultra-close to super-far). Additionally, the photographs try to challenge the mentioned phenomenon, by explicitly emphasising acceptance of the human body, to inspire its embracement as an integral part of the self and to synchronise it again with the first-person.
