Thursday Topic 11/13

Inane

Adjective
1. lacking sense: inane questions. 2. empty; void.
Noun
1. something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.

My current project is focused around spaces void of normal human activity. The space creates a sense of awkwardness. Although this awkwardness is apparent to the viewer, the subjects of the photographs seem unaware of it, carrying on with "business as usual" as if the scene were bustling with activity.

This also makes the scene unreal; there is no reason for these people to be acting as they are at that moment in time. This hopefully will provoke questions within the viewer. My work is in part to examine one's individuality, what and who we are without the influence of our community and our society. Am I who I say I am without the people around me? Do they help define me? Who would I become without them? These are some of the questions I want my work to bring up.