changing one's public image; changing the way one is seen (perceived)

to change one's public image

public, of a public trust, official

to try, attempt / to taste, sample

to change, to make different / to move or shift to a different time or place

potential of 変える (kaeru): to be changeable / passive of 変える (kaeru): to be changed

mental image, one's impression or the image that comes to mind / impression; personal image; persona; face / artist's impression

to think of (something), to picture, to conjure up

oneself / first-person pronoun: I, me (often shows the speaker's lower position in a hierarchy than the addressee) / (Kansai) you

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend