Persona: What Do You Carry With You?

Atlanta-based photographer Jason Travis (previously at Neatorama) began his ongoing project Persona in late 2007. At the time, Travis saw it as a way of getting to know people better, including his own friends. The series consists of composite images. Half of the image features a portrait of the subject and the other half reveals the possessions they carry upon leaving home. 

What items do you keep with you every day, and what do you think it says about your persona, if anything? View the rest of the series here, and see how the items the photo subjects carry differ from your daily stash. 

Via Peta Pixel | Image: Jason Travis


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After reading up a little more on this series, I've learned that in not every case is the photographer simply asking people to dump out their bags on a table. He cites instances of people pulling out everything they carry in their car on a regular basis. One man was on a professional tour in a van, and he opened it up to the photographer.

I think it would be interesting and more validating to list the professions and hobbies of the participants, as well as the containers (including vehicles) in which the items were carried. Depending on their professions or hobbies, I could easily see a person carrying unusual items on a daily basis, particularly in a car.
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Phone, wallet, keys (far far too many keys), loose change and there's usually a Stanley knife in there, too. I know, I shouldn't carry a knife, but it's always in my pocket at work, and usually stays there until I empty my pockets at home - then it has to go back with me.
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These are examples of people's fantasy of what they would carry around to impress people. I have seen where people are randomly stopped and show what's in their pockets, mostly it is pretty ordinary stuff. I live in a region where many people carry firearms, but other than that the stuff in their pockets is much like anywhere else... phone, chapstick, wallet, change, keys...
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