Archetype 12: background – achtergrond

The background is more subject than the ‘subjects’ in the front.

Or, the subjects serve as a reference point with regard to the background.

Archetype 11: Intermission

Reality is literally defragmented. The subject cannot be identified and yet these images are stored. People seem to feel the suggestion of a different mental space.

Archetype 10: Under water – onder water

Recently, we all have the opportunity to photograph under water, with inexpensive cameras. This offers a surprising new image-forming: the refraction of light changes our bodies and this ‘damaged gravity’ translates our desire to float…

Sinds kort kunnen we allemaal,…

Archetype 9: birthday – verjaardag

The semiotic sign for a birthday is blowing out the candles on the cake.

This semiotic moment is usually fortified by choosing the moment when all the candles are still lit. A party should light up.…

Archetype 8: new reality by wrong exposure – nieuwe realiteit door verkeerde belichting

“The philosophical contemplation has no other purpose than the elimination of coincidence.”

G.W.F.Hegel.

( Thanks to Katia R, Stef S,…)

“De filosofische beschouwing dient geen ander doel dan de eliminatie van het toeval.“

G.W.F.Hegel.

Archetype 7: At an end.

Impressions are not formally visible. An ‘impression’ grows from the recognizability of it and leads to a place in the ‘space’ of our imagination.

Archetype 6: reflections – reflecties

It is nature that has made us aware of a ‘depiction’  using cast shadows, reflections in the water … which reverses reality. You experience the ‘other side’ of tangible reality.

( Thanks to: Hilde H, Hilde S, Foundphotos.net,…

Archetype 5: double images – dubbele beelden

A new reality arises from coincidence. The fascination originates from a double reality that cannot be experienced by human beings in real life.

Archetype 4: absent look in a group – afwezige blik in een groep

Some ‘eyes’ turn away in a group picture at the time of recording. This is a selection of artificial-consciousness of a snap-shot that turns into an identity. Coincidence contributes to the uncertainty about whether something is real or not and…

Archetype 3: too many people in the image – teveel mensen in beeld

We know them all: the meaningless images of groups that consist of that many people in order that nobody can be recognized anymore. Or might this picture tell us something about the harmony living in the group? Only the group…