Without realizing it, we settle for living prefabricated images, subtly
inserted by the media and society in a collective déjà vu. The human
being becomes a manipulated product...and inevitably its own ability to
distinguish true from false becomes just another manipulation - reaching
a point where the life and the lies melt and merge in an endless loop we
are trapped in.
The images of this project are presented in a diptych form:
At the one side is the original movie scene [Ref 1] showing the actors
playing to be a photographers; at the other side is the photograph they
supposedly did. The last ones were staged and taken by me, joining the
game to confuse a lie for the truth ...or maybe the other way around ?
the truth for a lie...
At the same time I'm also in front of the camera in all the photographs -
crossing from the one side to the other over and over again without
chance to escape.
[Ref 1]
Three colors: Red - 1994, Krzysztof Kieslowski;
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - 2008, Woody Allen;
Beetlejuice -1988, Tim Burton;
Mediterraneo - 1991, Gabriele Salvatores;
Blow Up -1966, Michelangelo Antonioni;
Closer - 2004, Mike Nichols;
Beyond the Clouds - 1995, Michelangelo Antonioni / Wim Wenders;
Smoke -1995, Wayne Weng;
The Eyes of Laura Mars - 1978, Irvin Kershner;
Techical specification
Digital Photography, Lambda print on RC matte.
60 x 20 cm.
Year 2012/2011
Limited Edition 10+2 A.P.