Surviving the Eye of the Algorithm

I still share my photographs online. But I have become more careful about what some platforms can do to the work long before it is posted.

Not every platform works the same way. Some still leave more room for still images, slower work, or small series. That matters.

But where visibility is driven by speed, repetition, and immediate response, something begins to shift.

You no longer ask only: What do I see here?

Another question slips in: Will this work?

Not as a photograph.

As a post.

In the feed.

In the scroll.

That is the real pressure.

Because once that logic enters the process, it does not only affect what gets shown. It starts to affect what feels worth making. Quieter images begin to feel risky. Slower ones become harder to trust. You start leaning, almost without noticing, toward what reads quickly and confirms itself at once.

That may be good for content. It is not always good for photography.

I am not arguing for purity, or for leaving every platform behind. Only for a little awareness. A little distance.

And for protecting something essential: the ability to make photographs that do not need to perform immediately in order to matter.

Slow work. Quiet images. Another measure.

I know that I do not always apply it myself. I still post too often. I still feel the pull. Perhaps that is why this matters to me.

The photographs are gathered here:
Selected Works