I have been going around suburban spaces this week, and I came across a very interesting debate with myself. I saw my shadow in the photograph, and asked myself "do I leave it in, or try to avoid myself in the photograph?" Does the shadow even matter? I read about the photograph representing the presence of the photographer even without himself being inside the photo. I also ask myself does the existence of myself activate the space? Since I have a background in architecture, I have a strong school of thought about space activation, while studying this particular book "Bernard Tschumi event cities" this book explains how space create is not alive without the human to activate it.
I find the presence of me the photographer, creating this image, which then activates the space even without having myself inside the photograph.
Josiah Wesley
I look at this image, and I feel myself inside even though I am not present, since this space is empty without light to guide us anywhere, or any sorts of human activity, I still feel myself in the space. I think that I want the audience to feel the same space, and printing it rather large could captivate the audience into feeling the suburban space.
Josiah Wesley
Furthermore, I will be looking into the presence of myself as the invisible visible subject, taking my work into the extreme, and see what I am able to explore.