‘The pillow’ is an image of a woman trying, with limited success, to evade facial recognition technology. People born in the internet age have likely been tracked since birth. Everywhere we go we’re recorded without consent. Governments use facial recognition drones to track criminals, leading to wrongful arrests and a myriad of ethical concerns. ‘The pillow’ is part of a series titled Razzle dazzle, exploring a future where ridiculous disguise may be our only way to maintain anonymity, avoid mass surveillance and at least avoid horrid, targeted advertising.

‘The pillow’ is a staged portrait of a woman well acquainted with the chairs in her doctor’s waiting room. She anticipated the brown palette and dressed accordingly, bringing her own pillow to blend in and become the chair. Her alarmed expression is due to the furniture being rearranged since her last visit, putting her in clear view of the closed-circuit television camera.