Persona

[From The Atlantan, July/Aug 2009]

In Persona, his deliciously voyeuristic, fashion forward portraits, Jason Travis (jasontravisphoto.com) snaps hipster Atlantans along with the contents of their messenger bags, backpacks and clutches to determine "what they deem important in their lives." You are what you schlep.

-Felicia Feaster

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[From The Atlantan, Sep/Oct 2009]

Photographer Jason Travis's ongoing Persona series debunks copious myths - for instance, that women tote around more stuff than men - by delving into the clutches of man-bags of ATL's citizens.

-Felicia Feaster

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[From Nerve.com, Nov 2009]

Do you have a monkey on your back? We all carry various burdens, though who knows what's heavier: philosophical primates, or our actual purses, bags, and laptop cases. Georgia-based photographer Jason Travis examines both in his ongoing "Persona" series, in which he photographs artists, musicians, filmmakers and other hip Atlantans, along with images of what they carry on the daily. The portraits are warm and inviting; the snapshots of all that stuff channel voyeurism to new micro-heights.

The twenty-eight-year-old photographer came up with the idea because he was "interested in what people take with them on a daily basis." He also wanted to study what we have in common, and see if our individual possessions would show communal similarities. The items captured range from M&Ms and avacados to Orbit gum and an actual gun. What do tiny ladies tote in those giant purses? Can the man-bag define the man? Here are twenty-five personas, their hidden trash and treasures revealed.

- Nicole Ankowski

73 photos | 14,436 views

items are from between 10 Feb 2008 & 16 Dec 2009.