Portuguese fine art photographer Patricia Pettitt blends cinematic aesthetics with a performative approach. Through self-portraiture, she becomes both character and storyteller, reclaiming ownership of her narratives whilst examining how identity is shaped, fractured and perceived. Her staged images challenge fixed notions of femininity, revealing the layered, often contradictory nature of the female experience. Pettitt has been the recipient of numerous photography awards, including The Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Fine Art Photography Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards and Budapest International Foto Awards. Her work has been featured, published and critiqued in various publications worldwide, and exhibited in Portugal, Spain, Paris and London.