Ofer Wolberger (born 1976)
Maggie is a fictive character created by American photographer Ofer Wolberger, who pursues the question of identity in these staged photographs. In familiar-seeming pictures of real places, the mask worn by the protagonist seems false and strange, obscuring the true essence of the person behind it and preventing any direct contact. Although the mask is the constant that runs through the series, the change of clothing nevertheless reveals a fluid relationship between individual and environment. Wolberger shows, on the one hand, how strong the human need is to firmly situate one’s identity, and on the other, how difficult it is to answer the question of where one really belongs. Maggie’s travels are thus above all excursions in the search for one’s self.
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