Exactitudes

By Ellie Uyttenbroek, Ari Versluis (photographer),

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Rotterdam-based photographer Ari Versluis and profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek have systematically documented the dress codes of various social groups. Rotterdam's heterogeneous street scene remains a major source of inspiration for them, although for this new edition, with 48 new series, they have also visited Milan, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Casablanca, Praia…

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1 author picked Exactitudes as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

We all think we’re individuals and unique. I love the way this project shatters that illusion. It’s also true that humans are tribal, and in this book, we get to see modern tribes.

I find it fun flicking through the pages of the portraits and seeing repetitions of people who are seen on their own to be alternatives, but when seen as a group, they seem to somehow conform. 

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