Artist Statement
Ever since I was a child I have been
fascinated by sports and outdoor photography. As a means of self-expression – I
make pictures for myself, to identify with hidden qualities of my character, to
better understand my reality, and to express my interpretation of the world
around me. A clearer understanding of
myself and of my world allows me to explore. My goal is to use my camera like a
new football game, to open an unexplored place of curious self-expression, but
also a world of new relationships, new chances new beginnings and most
importantly new stories. By taking daily
life as subject matter while commenting on the everyday aesthetic of middle
class values, I often like to create my photos using creative game tactics, but
these are never permissive. Play is a serious matter: during the game, different
rules apply than in everyday life and even everyday objects undergo transformation.
My photos are characterized by the use of everyday events. By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, I investigate the dynamics of landscape, including the manipulation of its effects and the limits of spectacle based on our assumptions of what landscape means to us. Rather than presenting a factual reality, an illusion is fabricated to conjure the realms of our imagination. By exploring the concept of landscape I absorb the tradition of remembrance. My work establishes a link between the landscape’s reality and that imagined by its spectators.
My photos are characterized by the use of everyday events. By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, I investigate the dynamics of landscape, including the manipulation of its effects and the limits of spectacle based on our assumptions of what landscape means to us. Rather than presenting a factual reality, an illusion is fabricated to conjure the realms of our imagination. By exploring the concept of landscape I absorb the tradition of remembrance. My work establishes a link between the landscape’s reality and that imagined by its spectators.