Blinded by the light

These images are made by automatic cameras placed in the forest by hunters in North America and Europe in order to locate prey. There is no fixed gaze and the images lack both authorship and conscious esthetic decisions. Oddly enough the animals seem to be looking back, as if aware that they where being photographed. It creates a sublime and uncomfortable atmosphere. As a Peeping Tom, we can secretly monitor the animals during their nocturnal wanderings. We take part of a world that we are not invited to. The images almost appear as reversed crimes scenes pictures - taken before the crime is committed - most likely the last image of that deer taken while still innocent. Lees meer