“Adopting a pose to define themselves, they apply self control and self portrayal to exert a positive influence on the photographic objectification of themselves or their family.”

Hubertus Butin

“I constitute myself in the process of ‘posing’. I instantaneously make another body for myself, I transform myself in advance into an image.”

Roland Barthes

“Striking a pose means respecting oneself and demanding respect.”

Pierre Bourdieu