| Description |
Through my works and research I investigate the photographic medium's ambiguous nature as a simultaneously aesthetic and empirical object. Combining a vast assortment of photographic mediums from contemporary GIFs to historical processes such as the Cyanotype, my work reveals the multiplicity of the photographic form and its dubious ability to function within seemingly contradictory systems of knowledge. Interrogating the processes by which photography has been used and abused, my project does not pursue definitive answers or reveal the "truth" of photography, but rather underlines the importance of seeing photography in a new and radicalized fashion. More than just a series of artworks, my project seeks to bring a serious discourse on photographic meaning into dialogue with diverse audiences including the fine arts, scientific community, and academia. Ranging from ethnographic studies to crime scene documentation and academic microfiche collections, the photographic form i |
