Pain is in the eye of the beholder, 2017

“Pain is in the eye of the beholder” refers to the notion of surface in photography and the inherent difficulty to actually convey the essence of an event via the photographic act.

I am using the concept of glitch as a form of expression of an inner feeling that the photography alone fails in depicting. Technically, we consider the light sensitive surface of a camera one of the defining aspects of photography.

In the case of the presented project, lack of light hitting the sensor of a 3d scanner results in failed reproductions of the subject. Instead of hiding and avoiding these glitches, my work observes them and the sense of uniqueness they lend the subject.

Diana Gheorghiu