A Matter of Focus
A Matter of Focus is about how I see the world — in a literal way. The human eye is similar to a camera. If it focuses on something close by, things that are far away appear out of focus. Vice versa, if our eyes focus on something far away, things close by become blurry. In combination with our brain, however, our eyes focus instantly on whatever we are interested in. Unlike a photograph, reality has multiple points of focus. In A Matter of Focus I explore this phenomenon and how it shapes the visual language of photography. Using objects found in the urban landscape as my subjects, I combine photos with different planes of focus to one image that represents my perception of the original scene more closely than a traditional single photograph could do. At the same time the resulting image seems surreal because it overcomes the limitations of traditional photographs that we have grown accustomed to. I then combine it with parts of the original photos in a graphic composition that complements the visual patterns of the image.
