The group show Framing Identity is a photographic examination undertaken by members of the Generation Y. It explores aspects of the environments of people who were born between the early eighties and late nineties. The term “Generation Y” was coined in 1993 and has since been used in sociology and net culture to define the social group whose members lived their teenage years at the beginning of the millennium. The characteristics that can be assigned to this generation are being widely discussed in academia and in the media.

The show Framing Identity surveys the elements that inform the identity of the Generation Y, and throws a contemporary photographic “eye” on their pursuit for existing role models. Museum for Photography Braunschweig presents the works of ten young international artists who explore various aspects of their environments – often personal and intimate areas that may also include tabooed topics. Their artworks examine their self-image and identity, and highlight and question socially assigned roles, in a personal, familial, and political context. The photographs, installations, and videos examine the topics of self-images, role-playing,
teenage culture, family, media, technology, and gender identities.