The definition of the word Manifest describes what a thing ( about, a person, a vessel ) may hold. A new representation and possibility for an entirely individual womanhood is asserted, one that seems to be as natural and free-formed as the clouds themselves. Each model celebrates the construction of their re-versioned female self, defying the constriction of corsetry and challenging the traditional classification of gender identity. In “The Manifest” utopia and dystopia symbolically collide to present an alternative vision of the future of gender constructs and limitations; celebrating the power of portraiture to deconstruct stereotypes and explore new ways of capturing sexual identity in photographic form.