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↗ A project piecing together European identity 🇪🇺                         ↗ Portraits shot in the 27 states of the EU 💫                         ↗ Featuring subversive fashion from British & EU designers 🔗                       










From the heartlands of Brexit
to the borders of Ukraine,
Europe is changing. 



                 



 


















Declaring Independence is a visual essay
piecing together the 27 countries
of the European Union;

featuring the work of
independent British & European
fashion designers.









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We’re travelling through the 27 countries of the EU.
In each country, we meet locals and offer to take their portraits.

MARIANNA LADREYT is a Paris-based fashion designer.



However, to go beyond conventional photojournalism — towards something more creative and collaborative — we travel with fashion garments from independent European and British-based designers. 



Each sitter can chose to wear any of these garments  from other creatives and cultures — thus shaping the image of Europe that he, she or they wish to reflect.




 


The result is hybrid: part social-documentary, part fashion editorial.

Each portrait is the result of choices made with the sitter: about their clothing, the location, and the image they want to reflect.

It's an invitation to question, unlearn and rebuild what it means to be "European" — beyond governments, beyond the troika, beyond institutions.



Anastasia is a dancer in Athens wearing MARIANNA LADREYT







AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BULGARIA
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
ESTONIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HUNGARY
IRELAND
ITALY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MALTA
NETHERLANDS
POLAND
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN