What are you looking at Photograph

A chilling image recreating the horror of genocide and murder on different levels. To look into the barrel of a gun is a chilling realisation, an imminent end to life innocent or deemed guilty in some way by the wielder of the gun. This image has been in my mind since numerous visits to the KGB museum of genocide in Vilnius, Lithuania; a disturbingly personal encounter with executions that happened in my lifetime. The contents and feel of the museum had a numbing effect, a chill to the core. As I exited one of the many horrific, yet exquisitely interesting displays, I came face to face with a lone hologram of a pistol being held at head height as if pointing at my own face, this moment has stuck with me ever since. A pointed gun is so often the end of a life, human or animal....if there is a difference. I wanted to recreate that moment of staring into the barrel of a gun, yet it’s safe it’s just a doll holding a 1:6 scale replica gun, no harm can be done. It’s safe to look and be distracted by the hanging lightbulb, the open cell doors or the wrist watch within the setting, which is in the corridor of cells in the KGB museum. The title ambiguous, as is the expression of the gun holder...is it concentration to do the job right, fleeting pity for the victim or concern at the immensity of taking another’s life? “What are you looking at”, did the gunman say that or are you wondering... what are you looking at?

Photography:Giclée on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:23.6 W x 15.7 H x 0.4 D in

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