About Deface Project
The Deface Project is a collaborative photo project started by artists Jerry Bedor Phillips and Cayla B. Mims in response to immediate changes the COVID-19 pandemic caused around the world.​
This project began as a way of recording the unintended results of a "new normality" - one where every day life revolves around the necessity for personal protective equipment in public and private spaces.​
The immediate need for face masks as a simple preventative measure to help curb the spread of the virus has resulted in a large number of these PPE (both disposable and reusable) left behind on community streets, parking lots, landscaping and in public interior spaces. These remnants were captured in photographs taken with mobile devices during the artists' daily routine.
Culminating in a website archiving the photographs, the artists also curated a selection of images into artist books.
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Learn more about the artists:
Cayla B. Mims
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Deface Project would like to thank friends, family, and colleagues who have contributed their photos to the growing collection:
Colleen McHugh
Janet Hurst
Jana Harper
Heather Felton
Rosemary Brunton
Alejandro Acierto
Cross Berry
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Photos in the main collection were captured with following devices:
iPhone6s
iPhone 13 Pro Max
Google Pixel 4
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