The series was inspired by a photograph taken in 1856 by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, who also worked under the pseudonym ‘Nadar’. The image, called ‘Hair Study’, depicts a young woman photographed from behind with a cloth draped around her shoulders, and an ornate clip securing her long hair. Inspired to create a contemporary interpretation of the image, Bogart found that this soon grew into a much larger body of work as “it became clear that one image wouldn’t show the complexities of young women in the 21st century”.

Yet in spite of all the contemporary details, there is something simultaneously timeless about the portraits. This is largely due to the oval shaped framing of the images, which is reminiscent of lockets containing photographs – a popular fashion accessory during the Victorian era. This seems to reference the original influence of Nadar’s photograph, a historical continuation which Bogart acknowledges, “I am very interested in the modern young woman, both as she exists today and what history has embedded in her”.