I am a press photographer by profession. That is what I always wanted to be.
I have always been interested in human fates, especially people struggling on the outskirts of society. Beyond the who what when and where of the press, I felt more and more that I cannot answer the most important question: why I think that a picture of a single moment can often conceal, rather than reveal, the reality of what it portrays. That is why, in the early eighties, I started creating montages and later, layering multiple moments over each other using multiple exposure. Computers help me in taking reality apart and putting it back together, but the image editing software is not where my pictures are made. While I try to keep up with the latest technologies - such as infra-red photography - technology and editing are not what ultimately makes or breaks a picture. I feel that my works are successful if they retain the realistic atmosphere of the black and white original, but the viewers have to ask themselves: “Is what I’m seeing real?”
My tools have changed, but my aims are the same as they were as a novice: I try to show the reality beneath the surface. Even if such a thing seems hopeless.
I have always been interested in human fates, especially people struggling on the outskirts of society. Beyond the who what when and where of the press, I felt more and more that I cannot answer the most important question: why I think that a picture of a single moment can often conceal, rather than reveal, the reality of what it portrays. That is why, in the early eighties, I started creating montages and later, layering multiple moments over each other using multiple exposure. Computers help me in taking reality apart and putting it back together, but the image editing software is not where my pictures are made. While I try to keep up with the latest technologies - such as infra-red photography - technology and editing are not what ultimately makes or breaks a picture. I feel that my works are successful if they retain the realistic atmosphere of the black and white original, but the viewers have to ask themselves: “Is what I’m seeing real?”
My tools have changed, but my aims are the same as they were as a novice: I try to show the reality beneath the surface. Even if such a thing seems hopeless.
Tel: +36 30 992 1252
Fax: +36 1 280 5565
