Tell Me Where Your Freedom Lies

In a society that keeps trying to put you in a certain box, sometimes the small acts of self-expression matter the most. Here, we enter our subjects’ most private spaces and immortalises them at different stages of their life.

In a society that keeps trying to put you in a certain box, sometimes the small acts of self-expression matter the most. A cryptic tattoo, a hand-made piece of clothing, an abstract painting, these are some of the simple elements that we were drawn to when creating our photo series “Tell Me Where Your Freedom Lies” (2022-Ongoing). Here, we enter our subjects’ most private spaces and immortalises them at different stages of their life. Comprising images taken during 2022-2025 in locations across UK and Israel, we sought to highlight what made these individuals special to us. We think that some details are easily overlooked in real life but in a photo you have time to stop and stare. The burgeoning selfhood of the young people we photograph manifests itself in their choice of clothes and how they choose to present themselves.

From our own experience, we consider these small details to be an integral part of youth culture, as a way for young people to not only make their developing identities legible to themselves but also to signal to others; to align themselves with movements, ideas, and belief systems by expressing something externally that reflects their internal landscape. And all of this speaks as well for the older characters in the series, which have the same wish to be seen and represented.