When observing groups of people in painting, each protagonist is clearly visible, each appears to be in a well-considered, choreographed position that comes together optimally within the overall composition.
Can street photography, without influencing the people who happen to move through the frame, show each individual from a favorable or interesting perspective? Can multiple people be shown in an aesthetically advantageous configuration? How can one of photography’s greatest limitations—capturing only a single moment—be transcended? These questions led me to this project.
A single image in this series is not created from a single photograph, but from many, often hundreds of photographs. From this photographic raw material, the final image emerges through digital collage. I often provide clues in the image to this process, for example by having a person appear twice.
The actual goal of this process is to show people more clearly, as they are in everyday life. And last but not least, the background is also important to me: it should show the protagonists in the image within one of their everyday environments, an environment that reflects contemporary times.
When observing groups of people in painting, each protagonist is clearly visible, each appears to be in a well-considered, choreographed position that comes together optimally within the overall composition.
Can street photography, without influencing the people who happen to move through the frame, show each individual from a favorable or interesting perspective? Can multiple people be shown in an aesthetically advantageous configuration? How can one of photography’s greatest limitations—capturing only a single moment—be transcended? These questions led me to this project.
A single image in this series is not created from a single photograph, but from many, often hundreds of photographs. From this photographic raw material, the final image emerges through digital collage. I often provide clues in the image to this process, for example by having a person appear twice.
The actual goal of this process is to show people more clearly, as they are in everyday life. And last but not least, the background is also important to me: it should show the protagonists in the image within one of their everyday environments, an environment that reflects contemporary times.
