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A visual diary exploring identity, reduction and contemporary portraiture

A rapid succession of Instagram stories floods the screen, layering XXY Portraits into a continuous stream. Faces become symbols, identities flatten into signs, and repetition replaces individuality. The visual excess builds until collapse: the Ego Mask bursts, revealing the instability and fragility hidden behind the constructed self. The mask separates instinct from assertion. A convulsive one-minute flow of Instagram stories accelerates into visual overload. XXY Portraits flash and dissolve, identities reduced to symbols, repetition replacing individuality. The feed becomes a shallow mirror of performance and exposure. At its peak, the sequence explodes: an Ego Mask shatters, exposing the fragile core beneath the inflated self. In an age of constant exposure, identity turns into a surface. Ego masks are visual constructions. I observe how identity shifts when it becomes visible. EGO MASKS is a reflection on the contemporary ego.