The Books That Changed My Life with Liz Sunshine

RIISE presents, The Books That Changed My Life, an editorial series where we explore the ideas, art and cultural influences that shape who we are and how we view the world. In each instalment, we invite creative voices from our community to share personal literary touchstones that have profoundly shaped or moved them. From the pavements of fashion week to the quiet act of looking closely, Liz Sunshine has spent over a decade documenting how we dress — and, more recently, why. In this edition of The Books That Changed My Life, the Melbourne-based documentary fashion and portrait photographer shares the titles that have shaped how she thinks about people, clothes and consumption — and the ones that later led her to question what she was capturing, what she was buying, and what it really means to pay attention. Considered, curious and quietly political, her picks double as a primer — a syllabus for anyone wanting in on a better way of thinking about what we wear.

RIISE presents, The Books That Changed My Life, an editorial series where we explore the ideas, art and cultural influences that shape who we are and how we view the world. In each instalment, we invite creative voices from our community to share personal literary touchstones that have profoundly shaped or moved them. From the pavements of fashion week to the quiet act of looking closely, Liz Sunshine has spent over a decade documenting how we dress — and, more recently, why. In this edition of The Books That Changed My Life, the Melbourne-based documentary fashion and portrait photographer shares the titles that have shaped how she thinks about people, clothes and consumption — and the ones that later led her to question what she was capturing, what she was buying, and what it really means to pay attention. Considered, curious and quietly political, her picks double as a primer — a syllabus for anyone wanting in on a better way of thinking about what we wear.