A series of images obscuring much but catching where the furtive eye goes.
We sub consciously take “visual grabs†of our environment every moment of every day. I want to use photography to bring these grabs, the associated “chatter†(and lightening judgements) to the viewers attention by sharing my own.
As I walk the streets I encounter thousands of people - most of whom I give barely a second glance. Many I don’t even recognise as anything other than a person in my way or moving in the opposite direction. Yet, there is a running commentary in my head about the streetscape of people unfolding in front of me - like a movie. I became aware that as I walked I would sometimes pay more attention - momentarily - to some people, and that more than just glancing, a brief, often dismissive phrase would spontaneously present itself - like a broken dialogue in a continuous movie. “Too fatâ€, “typical asian touristâ€, “religious weirdoâ€, “smokerâ€, “hopeless junkie†and so forth.
As these are “furtive†glances, I realised that they would be perfectly illustrated by photography.
I’m glad I live in a society where we may have these moments in our inner world, yet we choose to not act on them, we disregard them, because we want a civil, courteous, diverse and harmonious city to live in and share with each other.
I love my city.