Of Shadows


  • Photographer
    Sara Hannant
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Sara Hannant
  • Date of Photograph
    31.10.16
  • Technical Info
    Nikon D800

While artist-in-residence at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Cornwall, I photographed one hundred objects used in the practice of witchcraft, enabling the objects to emerge from the darkness. Reflecting on this process, I found parallels with photographic practice. In witchcraft, magic is practiced to bring about transformation and sometimes objects are made or charged with magical intent for this purpose. Similarly, the photographic process can transform objects, images and ideas that contribute to its meaning. I became fascinated to explore how light and darkness define and articulate our relationship to enchantment and if this mechanism can be employed to suggest narrative and significance. The photographs are rites of evocation in which I investigate intersections between photography and esoteric philosophies. Because photography seizes and preserves, the images are inevitably associated with history while the approach explores the creative and magical potentials of representing the past to the present.

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