The Dance: Languages of Light and Time
The image-maker, the world they see, and the viewer are locked in a dance. The image-maker is searching for that moment you can see the sharpness of time. They lie in wait, foresee, make impulsive interventions, or establish distance through anthropological stances. In this dance, authentic life and social truth meet photographic agency. At the same time, light plays on the surface, connecting a technical medium to the source of life itself. The image maker uses this natural force to illuminate form, action, and space. And in doing so, they offer languages of light and time as pathways of transcendental exchange between the image-maker, the viewer, and our essential shared meaning-making facilities. Does the "everyday" appear naturally? Or is life always a prop in constructing a scene? How do we know the difference? And how do these questions help us make sense of the genre of street photography?
Photographers: Alicja Brodowicz, Tonatiuh Cabello, Caspar Claasen, Sergi Escribano, Marco Giusfredi, Asli Gonen, Todd Gross, Tim Hale, Zisis Kardianos, Lesya Kim, Peter Kool, Łukasz Korulczyk, Charalampos Kydonakis, Philllip Kalantzis Cope, Linda Maclean, Bill McIntyre, Gustavo Minas, Suresh Naganathan, Monserrat Orallo, Artem Pankov, Andra Ratto, Jodi Rogers, Koushik Sinha Roy, Jack Simon, Valeria Tofanelli, Lukas Vasilikos, Alice Christine Walker, Wong Wei-him