Angélica Arbulú's latest work reflects on the formation and loss of identity through everyday rituals that often go unnoticed. Her choice of subjects is heavily influenced by her experiences as a woman, mother and perennial migrant. The result is a series of intimate portraits that invite us to take pause and put ourselves in the shoes of the “other”. At Photo London, Angelica presents the series Sine Personæ. The word person comes from the latin Personæ, which means mask. The title reflects the photographer’s intent to unmask her subjects’ true essence. Angélica’s work reflects on the commoditization of women’s bodies and its use in advertising, where they are often dehumanized and presented as parts rather than a whole. She changes the hierarchical dynamic between photographer and subject by allowing the subject to participate in how they are represented and inviting them to use their own bodies as canvas and literally have the last word. Angelica’s viewpoint is personal, she photographs them with the eyes of a mother, fascinated by this almost magical transformation, searching for that mythological being who is no longer a child but not yet an adult. She sees in all of them the same larva struggling to define its adult form, piece by piece, with beauty  and beauty standards weighing heavily in that process.