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March 30, 2005

About The Found Photography Site

Although some of the photography on this site is actually found (in dumpsters, in library books, on sidewalks, and anywhere else) the word found is equally a description of my photographic process. I carry my camera around and when something interesting passes by, I snap a shot. The process is intuitive and therapeutic. I don't meticulously plan my photos, I find them. (You could probably say they find me.) My photography is not taken in a studio. I rarely retouch the shots, and I avoid altering my photography as much as possible.

My goal is to show photos that cause us to recognize the way we interact with photographic images as well as our surroundings. We are in the middle of a digital reformation that is changing the way photography defines our reality. Photography is no longer a reflection of truth, and as photography's role in our culture changes, each of us must be critical of how we look at photographic images. Whether it is images of torture in prisons or photos of women in magazines, the act of seeing is much more than observation.

Posted by Adrian at March 30, 2005 8:47 PM

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