Fake or Break

It's always been known that the internet is full of fakes and edited photos, but I don't think anyone's had as much fun proving it as Zilla van den Born. The 25-year-old from Amsterdam spent 5 weeks of her summer at home, editing photos of herself to fool family and friends that she had been travelling around Asia. The graphic designer wanted to do this to show how social media can be manipulated.
The photo edits are amazing, and must have taken so much time and skill.

I love this whole concept, and the photos that have come out of it. It seems to have come at such a perfect time for me, when I am thinking about my new art topic: Remix,Rehash & Edit. van den Born has put a whole new spin on this.

In fact, it even reminds me of myself five years ago when I edited a selfie to put a row of shops behind me and proclaimed 'having so much fun in Westfield'. It stopped me from feeling guilty about staying at home all weekend and not seeing daylight. Of course, my digital skills were a not quite as er... refined as they are now and someone commented 'r u actually there?' Hmm, talk about awkward. Needless to say, the photo was taken down from Facebook.

Anyway, nowadays I hope my digital work is making progress and I can take real inspiration from van den Born!

Wait around to see how it goes...
H x