Description:
Western philosophy has always privileged the visible, relying on Light to reveal certainty and truth over Darkness, doubt, and the unknown. The photographic image — built of Light — accesses this privilege and is considered truthful but moreover, its technology allows for recording transience, intangibility, and the liminal. The open-minded photographer can deploy the metaphorical force of Darkness to explore feelings and uncertainties.A starting point for these photographers was to study the cast shadow of the human which has gained a burden of metaphor through its intimate relationship with Light and Dark.
