The idea.

There is a fantastic illusion in photography that we the viewer might actually be seeing our own experience. I was taught that the greatest photographers are invisible, an eye that feeds back to us some form of truth. It’s an idea I love and have cherished since i started taking photographs. An idea that translated into me shooting as naturally as possible, as far back as possible and as wide as possible - an open scene to look at… Though as I’ve recently felt at deep difficult odds with photography, I felt I needed to test that love I had…

I wondered what it would be like to view the world from within the lens of the camera itself, starkly apparent of the device that is capturing the image, as it masks the surroundings and narrows our view, and simultaneously have the camera providing the main light source within the scene. Taking away any natural quality of the light… I’m posting an edited selection on here as I progress with the idea…