A mask is an object typically worn on the face for protection, fashion, disguise, performance or entertainment. masks have been used since ancient times for both ceremonial and practical purposes.
They are used more often than not in traditional places in tribes in continents such as Africa and Asia, compared to others they are more commonly used there as a sign of protection or power, so there is a hierarchy the better the mask the more powerful you were in countries such as Africa, but in Asia, it is worn for a more traditional purpose and it is more of a culture based thing compared to anything else.
Masks are also commonly used in performance art and especially in theaters because of how expressive they can be and how much they can change the way you see a certain character, take superheroes for example as soon as they put a mask or the suit on they change as a person and that is what masks do.
But currently at the moment masks are being used more as a safety aspect compared to an expressive aspect because there is a pandemic going on all over the world so people are mostly covering there faces in protective masks rather than for a traditional or fashionable since they are used for protection.
This is an example of the masks that a lot of the population of the world are wearing at the moment for protection and safety measures because they don’t want to catch the virus.
But the masks I have used in my photos are a lot different as they are sort of used as a performance or an expression instead of being used as protection and they could also be classed as a disguise so you don’t know that it is me behind the mask which is what I wanted to come from doing the shoots I have done recently.