Seen Too Quickly

 

Some works are seen too late.
Some too soon.
Some too quickly.

The image appears.

A second, perhaps less.
A gesture of the thumb.
Then another image.

Never have so many photographs been shown. Never have so many photographers been able to publish without a gallery, a magazine, or a publisher.

That is not a small thing.

But visibility has changed its shape.

It is easier now.
Presence is not.

An image can be displayed, liked, shared, saved even — and still not be truly held.

The problem is no longer only silence.

It is speed.

Images arrive before the eye has time to stay. They appear in the same flow as news, ads, meals, faces, jokes, arguments, and other images.

Everything is present.
Almost nothing is given duration.

This is not a complaint about technology. The internet has opened doors that were once closed.

But every door opens onto a crowd.

And in the crowd, even a strong image can lose its silence.

For a photographer, this changes the question: not only how can an image be seen, but how can a body of work begin to exist through the noise?

A single image may stop someone for a second.
A body of work asks for more.

That may be the difficult part now.

Not making images visible.
Making them stay together long enough to become a presence.

Not only making images.
Making enough silence around them for a body of work to appear.

The photographs are gathered here:
Selected Works