My work is informed by the everyday and the archive. I use photography to create collections that act as an autobiographical narrative. The photographs tell the story of a life as revealed through the overlooked moments of daily routine and the physical traces left by the unconscious. These forgotten experiences form a key element to my work and provide an insight into the … [Read more...]
Photo Profile: Jürgen Bürgin
People often tend to categorize the work of photographers. There are street photographers, fashion photographers, architecture photographers. I’m not sure what I am. Sometimes I call myself an urban photographer, but that’s not really a genre, it’s just saying that most of my photography is made in cities. My photography is a game, or a role-play, somewhere placed … [Read more...]
How Digital Photography may be changing the way we take photographs
Helen Stead discusses how turning family snapshots into Art has led her to reevaluate how digital photography is changing our approach to capturing photographs. My work explores my own personal family history and I use old family photo albums as a starting point to begin each piece. I generally create work for myself, to help identity with hidden or repressed qualities of … [Read more...]