Indeterminate

‘Indeterminate’ means not exactly known, established or defined. By intentionally blurring the original scene beyond recognition, I try to challenge our collective knowledge of what constitutes a photographic image.

The photographs are intentionally blurred to create images that are disconnected from the ‘real-world’. They become removed from their original truth, their original purpose leaving just a trace. Printing onto acetate, the image becomes a trace of ink on plastic. The material is a non-traditional printing surface for photography, resembling the developed film negative more than a finished image. These photographs intentionally challenge what constitutes a photograph both materially and aesthetically. 

Indeterminate endeavours to explore the relationships between the ‘real world and our own constructed personal realities. Too often we can become disconnected from the ‘real-world’. This can occur throughout a series of decisions, being selective of what we do and don’t see - whereby we choose what we want to see in order to satisfy our own needs. This selective blindness is not an uncommon occurrence. With an overwhelming amount of visual information being thrown at us daily, it can become easy to switch off. We choose to only see the good or the bad, thus constructing our own idealistic views of the world. But there can be other factors that can cause us to become disconnected. Various sensory impairments such as blindness and deafness can cause an individual to become isolated, alone in their own world with few people able to connect or understand the barriers posted. These barriers exclude us from being fully immersed, the people and places become just mere traces or memories.