"The thing that struck me the most while preparing for this project was why we are so fascinated by the identity of the subjects.... Nowadays we have become conditioned by the media not to regard a photograph of a stranger as worthy of attention unless it is of a celebrity."
Sylwia has carefully contruscted an enviroment devoid of any restraints, the grey wall, the anonymous clothing. There are very little signifiers, if any, to help us grab on to.
‘For that reason I was on the contrary not interested in drawing attention to the individual's identity, so my images are deliberately not accompanied by a name, title or even a number. The viewer is compelled to complete the image themselves as they are at times confronted with just a lock of the hair at the back of a neck or a fragment of face emerging from behind a curtain of hair.’
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