Many know that the left and right half of the face are not identical. Photographer Julian Wolkenstein created the project Echoism, in which he put together a mirror image of the left and right half faces of different people. The result is a very different person.
There is a myth, some say a science, suggesting people who have more symmetrical faces are considered more “attractive".
If you are made symmetrical, do you consider yourself more beautiful, less so, or is it just weird? Or is it you at all? Do you have a best side? What is to be said of left and right brain dominance?
This is a series of photographic portraits completed in 2010. The subjects were specifically cast for their individual facial features. They were photographed front to camera and in the same position. They were asked not to express emotions or character.
This initial study focusing on facial symmetry, is part of a larger piece revolving around facial features, facial proportions and facial symmetry.
An accompanying website and continuing project titled "Echoism" is at www.echoism.org
The term Echoism relates to facial symmetry in its physiognomical sense.
Julian's body of work reads like an awards annual. Clients the world
over seek him out for his problem solving ability and his eye for good
ideas. His clients include Malaysia Airlines, QANTAS, VW, Sony, Nokia,
Vodafone, Capital Radio London, British Airways, Citibank, Orange,
Renault and BBC and he has been lucky enough to have worked some of the
world's best creatives at agencies such as Mother, Fallon, BBH, and St
Luke's London, Bates Singapore, and BBDO Hong Kong, TBWA/Chiat/Day,
McCann, and Saatchi & Saatchi New York.
Julian's body of work reads like an awards annual. Clients the world
over seek him out for his problem solving ability and his eye for good
ideas. His clients include Malaysia Airlines, QANTAS, VW, Sony, Nokia,
Vodafone, Capital Radio London, British Airways, Citibank, Orange,
Renault and BBC and he has been lucky enough to have worked some of the
world's best creatives at agencies such as Mother, Fallon, BBH, and St
Luke's London, Bates Singapore, and BBDO Hong Kong, TBWA/Chiat/Day,
McCann, and Saatchi & Saatchi New York.
In 2007, Julian was invited to judge the print craft category of the D&AD awards, and recently he was interviewed by NBC New York's Today Show regarding his altruistically motivated Pony Pinups series. Julian now lives in the beautiful Southern Highlands of New South Wales.
others works in: julianwolkenstein.com
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