Sun's selfie 0004 - Limited Edition 1 of 10 Photograph

I aim to present the Earth’s phenomena as photography (photo- light-, graphy- drawing in Greek) through the non-silver photographic process. The non-silver photography uses objects such as leaves and dried algae in replacement of the film. Every single existence is photosensitive in this process. By redefining art and the world as ‘photography’, I expect the current definition of photography to expand and be able to present new and more colorful ways in marking the world. In big, photography can be categorized into silver photography and non-silver photography. The silver photography uses the trait of silver turning black when exposed to light to capture the image. The non-silver photography uses objects other than silver as the ‘photosensitive material’. The expression silver and non-silver photography comes from the history of photography, silver photography holding a large majority, but since the invention of the digital camera and progress of the printing technique, silver photography is no longer the main stream. I thought of ‘photography’ while watching my friend create a large painting in a short amount of time. Why? I traced back the art-making process to find the answer. What the artist paints is an image the artist already has in his brain. The image is a combination or modification of what the artist has seen before. If the artist was born blind, that person will have no image left in the brain. The expression of the artist relies on the familiar brushstrokes and characteristic of the material that has been exposed to the artist’s eyes for a time. Seeing happens by light reflecting on the object. To simplify, the artist’s work is reaction to light. If I can call the artist a very complicated, multi-leveled, and biochemical non-silver photographic material, the artwork would be the non-silver photography. My thoughts stretched to that all of visual arts are in fact non-silver photography plus a little bit of silver photography. I realized my surroundings quite beautiful while taking a walk at an artificial park in midst of the skyscrapers. The world was drawn by the light. Flowers, leaves, trees……..not only the nature, but also the history of mankind benefits from the Sun. Ever since the first life started walking on this planet, the mankind has evolved through centuries accumulating knowledge and technology. It was all possible by virtue of the sunlight energy. Everything will all disappear in blink of an eye without it. All the wonder seemed like photography, a drawing done by the sunlight. But they aren’t ‘fixed’ as the original photography. However, when you start thinking of the term ‘fix’, even the original photos are actually not pinned down. Photos fade. It has not yet been millions of years since the invention of photography. It has not even been two full centuries. No form of photography will be left after a significant amount of time. All the photos are going through change even now if you look at it via the ultra-microscopic perspective. ‘Fixing’ is no longer a definite to delineate what photography is. And even though the earth also shifts now and then, I would call it ‘fixed’ with the current amount of consistency. The Earth is a photography drawn by the sunlight. The subject is the Sun. The Sun’s selfie on Earth.

Photography:Color on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:1

Size:39.4 W x 39.4 H x 0 D in

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