Photosynthesis

I am interested in the way the camera produces images and how that affects our viewing and understanding. These photographs are made with an alternative digital technique using the iphone in front-facing mode without the use of filters, digital adjustments, or colored lighting. The in-camera process causes the pictorial space to decompose and undermines the camera’s usual framework of clear focus, color, and perspective. This calls attention to the camera’s electronic process and raises questions about perception, impermanence, and the role of the photograph as documentation.