The Touch of Time
The Touch of Time series takes as its starting point a theoretical discussion of an experimental photographic method and the imagery produced with it. In these pictures the moment of taking a photograph becomes a series of events with one take. The main point of focus is the interpretation and signification of the photograph. Basing on personal experiences of photographic art, I constructed in 1991 the photographic apparatus used for the illustrations of these series of three thematic exhibitions addressing the temporal features of photography. These exhibitions, Ajan arvoitus (The Enigma of Time) from 1993, Ajan kosketus (The Touch of Time) from 1996 and Ajan kudos (The Weave of Time) from 1999 are interrelated from perspective of underscoring the unpredictable nature of the photograph. Read more