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OTHERS DAS BILD DER ANDEREN PICTURING

OTHERS DAS BILD DER ANDEREN PICTURING

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Any photographic representation of distant lifeworlds also entails a visual formulation of what the Other might be. Each photograph taken creates countless photographic images of the Self and of the Other, rigidifying the boundaries separating oneself from the Others and validating one’s own prejudices. Within this field of tension created by the identification of the Other and of the Self through photography, Vera Brandner’s photographic work is to be seen both as a reflexive exploration and as a visual response. In her portraits of people living in countries such as Angola, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Israel and Palestine she pursues an image strategy built on dialogue and communication. The people in front of the camera allow themselves to be photographed: they strike the sort of poses in front of the lens which they feel are appropriate for a foreign photographer, very often staring straight at the camera, reflecting the photographer’s one-sided gaze back into the lens and therefore back at the onlooker. Which is why Vera Brandner intentionally retains the ambiguity of the German title das bild der anderen and its possible interpretations.
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