Raw & Un-cut

 

Sophia calle is one of the most important artists , tryung go grasp her wondrous works motivated me to dive deep into realms in my psyche I didn't know exist. She approaches her work with a sortve agenda. She doesn't assign a meaning to her work , she leaves the beauty in the eyes of the beholder. Sophia lets us define the images& only we can choose the way we percept them. But a lot of times we let others opinions define us. Especially common perceptions and assumptions of Our bodies and sexuality.

We let society govern the way we use and portray ourselves. I strongly believe everyone should seek everyday to climb out of the mental boxes of conformation that society tends to place us in. Only then can we attain a true level of self and identity. Your identity is yours, only you can define that , and only you can control it.  In the finklestein book there was a quote - "We are an in an era where impressions matter and where reputation is both an asset & liability" and I have never agreed with anything more. It is true that we tend to identify ourselves through the eyes and opinions of other people. She was a very voyurestic artist which we see clearly portrayed in her group of works entitled "The Hotel Room" she "invaded" the guests personal space , spying and photographing their most intimate of possessions. She was somewhat of a stalker. Creeping in hotel rooms where she was a cleaner & Capturing their physical environment from the way their bed was left , to reading their personal thoughts in their diaries , postcards etcetera. This was my favorite piece of work , she left the explanations to us ,& just described the rooms from her visual perspectives. In my selfie series this week , I decided to take photos of the people around me , when they weren't looking & asked them to do the same for me. I also took a lot of photos of my immediate environment throughout this week span. This was the result. 

I felt like capturing these enigmatic experiences through my camera lens at the most random of moments can properly define the human experience as : unpredictable , beautiful despite the chaos surrounding it. The world is on fire and we are burning in the center.