Human Marks
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This body of photographic work examines the ambiguities that surround bruising, and aims to challenge the public perception of appearances. The work was shown at The Arches 23/3/10 - 21/4/10
All too often our attention is drawn to the negative connotations surrounding bruising by the media. We never witness, we only see, and hear extractions of the truth, so thoughts and judgements must be held in suspense as the full story is seldom revealed. This project mirrors that concept.
“Impressions replace facts, assumptions replace reality, and conjecture replaces the truth when snap judgments are at the forefront of human speculation.”
The subtle nuances in the project beg more questions than leave answers, encouraging the viewer to look past their initial reactions and refocus.
“My work is concerned with peeling away the layers of controversy, and my methods highlight issues in a sensitive way, using a holistic approach. This isn’t about an either/or polarization, as the lines are blurred, it is about the fusion of duality.”
Series one uses clever cropping and body language as the main technique, to highlight the psychology of behavior, and challenge the viewer’s perception of the subject.
Series two highlights the positive and negative aspects of the issue, showing nothing to be clear-cut with the graduation of tone and central text. Only using one image (triple circular bruise) to portray the ambiguous nature.
Series three takes the image of an elderly lady with a black eye in a newspaper style and inserts her story in segments - but the threads are weaved amongst reams of Latin, which needs focus and patience from the viewer to decipher. This reflects how we only see and hear extractions - never the full story.
This body of photographic work examines the ambiguities that surround bruising, and aims to challenge the public perception of appearances. The work was shown at The Arches 23/3/10 - 21/4/10
All too often our attention is drawn to the negative connotations surrounding bruising by the media. We never witness, we only see, and hear extractions of the truth, so thoughts and judgements must be held in suspense as the full story is seldom revealed. This project mirrors that concept.
“Impressions replace facts, assumptions replace reality, and conjecture replaces the truth when snap judgments are at the forefront of human speculation.”
The subtle nuances in the project beg more questions than leave answers, encouraging the viewer to look past their initial reactions and refocus.
“My work is concerned with peeling away the layers of controversy, and my methods highlight issues in a sensitive way, using a holistic approach. This isn’t about an either/or polarization, as the lines are blurred, it is about the fusion of duality.”
Series one uses clever cropping and body language as the main technique, to highlight the psychology of behavior, and challenge the viewer’s perception of the subject.
Series two highlights the positive and negative aspects of the issue, showing nothing to be clear-cut with the graduation of tone and central text. Only using one image (triple circular bruise) to portray the ambiguous nature.
Series three takes the image of an elderly lady with a black eye in a newspaper style and inserts her story in segments - but the threads are weaved amongst reams of Latin, which needs focus and patience from the viewer to decipher. This reflects how we only see and hear extractions - never the full story.
