In the experiment, I tried to ask a question about the legibility and the meaning of image integrity in the screen-watching and image-reading age.

As a type of authentic amateur photography, “family photo” is a metaphor for trusted scene. In the age of “screen watching”, the medium and scale of image can be dynamic and flexible. Meanwhile, multiple rounds of image transfer and image editing will blur the integrity of image.

At the beginning of experiment, I used Polaroid and film camera to get two still life photos with specific size. Then I set a 17”x22” print copy of the still life as the background for the following shooting. The form of analog photo is an ironic method to hide the forged background. The juxtaposed array makes it harder for viewers to tell the flaws in the photos.

Instructor: Gabriel Martinez
(2019)