Do you look like one of these four people? Photographs: Mischa Haller
Weekend magazine is seeking out people who are willing to have their photograph taken for a series of portraits investigating individuality and difference. The only catch is that you need to be strikingly similar to one of the individuals in the four portraits above - you can see the images in full at theguardian.com/alike.
Art Director Christian Küsters and photographer Mischa Haller say of the alike project:
Seeing several unrelated people next to each other who strikingly similar is very unusual. It raises questions about individuality, highlighting both similarities and differences between people's characteristics.
If they look so similar, what is it and what makes them individual? And does what that mean in relation to our definition of someone's individuality?
Is appearing individual then a more flexible term than we thought?
Our project poses questions rather than giving defined answers. This series of portraits (and it only works as a series) is a starting point to reflect on the relationship between society and the individual. It explores the concept of uniqueness as well as similarity and how these two ultimately play off one another.
If you or someone you know looks like one of these four people and would like to contribute to this project, please send an email to areyoualike@gmail.com. Please include a head and shoulders shot of yourself, your name, address and telephone number. Mischa and Christian will select four people who look most like the four portraits here, and take their photos to add to the site. Then Weekend magazine will publish the complete series of photographs later this year.
