Framing is everything. Whether we take a photograph, tell an anecdote, write a story, film, or even in the simple act of looking, we make decisions that shape the perceived reality. The narrative we are being told could be conveyed in one hundred ways, as the framing, like our reality, is momentary and ever-changing. Through my project, I aimed to examine how framing only shows partial truth and shapes the reality we want to suggest. The paper model – like the camera, only lets in fragments of information. We inquisitively peek, enticed by pieces of data, concentrate on details, and let the imagination do the rest, allowing it to form knowledge based on our investigation. Additionally, in my proposal, I wish to emphasise the act of composing each photograph by the artist and the viewer, where together we construct a unique, subjective, and idiosyncratic picture that exists silently between us, like an unkept secret.
An image, whether moving or still, is a glimpse into reality, an interpretation, a freedom of choice, and a manipulation.
Photography does not simply reproduce the real; it recycles it (S. Sontag) sums up flawlessly the act we engage in when put behind a camera. We collect and process materials to create new products. Products that we see fit to present to others, the recycled reality of our choosing.
Ela Skorska 