Not Enough — SOURCE

Not Enough was presented in SOURCE Graduate Photography Online 2026 as part of Goldsmiths, University of London’s MA Photography Practice. The related MA Photography Practice Degree Show took place from 17 to 19 July 2026 in the Professor Stuart Hall Building Atrium at Goldsmiths.

The body may feel closest to the self, yet it is occupied by others’ gazes, language and standards. Not Enough grew from comments I heard while growing up: that I was not tall, strong, mature or calm enough. Those words created insecurity and a desire to approach the masculine image expected of me, a process that became absurd and painful.

Wearing an exaggerated muscle suit, I perform this ideal across shop windows, dining spaces, gyms, streets, bathrooms and wardrobes. The costume promises strength and stability, but makes the body appear awkward, rigid and exposed.

The suit becomes both a disguise and an absurd compensation for not feeling masculine enough, asking how subjectivity forms when the body is defined, corrected and watched.