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Smoke Screen

photography EDWARD MULVIHILL
19 February 2025

Photographer Edward Mulvihill, art director Aleks Markovic, and make-up artist Meg McConville present Smokescreen, a photo series exploring the act of masking—how beauty can serve as both armour and a tool for transformation. Playing with the tension between visibility and concealment, the looks incorporate silk veils and nets that simultaneously obscure and reveal.⁠
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Set against the backdrop of shifting beauty standards, digital filters, and AI-driven aesthetics, the series moves through layers of artifice, culminating in a final image of Suyeon in her purest form.⁠

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