Call them „surreal pop art“... how would a face swap look like between a camera and it's model?
"Symbionts" replaces real faces with the faces of the apparatuses whose task was to portray them.
„Symbionts“ have been created as an ironic-surreal combination of the preoccupation with portraits of human models and the sometimes very human faces of historical cameras (the latter had previously been modelled on my projects „CameraSelfies“ and „ColorLimited: ISO“). While „CameraSelfies“ attempts on the one hand to set a monument to these quasi-forgotten cameras and on the other to caricature the ongoing selfie trend, „Symbionts“ replace real faces with the faces of the apparatuses whose task was to portray them.
Sometimes our tools become part of our identity. “Symbionts” explores this unique relationship and translates it into a surreal visual language. Human portraits merge with iconic cameras from past decades. The halftone-like aesthetic enhances the impact of the images: photographic technology becomes a face, a personality, and an expression of individual perception. The camera no longer serves as an instrument for observing the world— it becomes part of the human being itself.
Another caricature of the well-known selfie craze… and, at the same time, an ironic homage to analog cameras, to the history of the medium, and to the question of how much the tools we use shape our view of the world.
Call them „surreal pop art“: „Symbionts“ have been realised with a reprographic, digital color halftone effect. „Symbionts“ have been featured on Bored Panda.
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