Installation view: Installation during the annual exhibition Folkwang UdK, Essen, Germany
22.06. - 25.06.2023



   

Jetzt hab ich dich gehabt (2023)

»Now you can dress,« he said, euphoric, but already in a hurry. 
»Let’s go out.« 
She looked at him, bewildered.

»I’ve got you now« he said.

Bice burst into tears.

Antonino realized that he had fallen in love with her that same day.


(From: Italo Calvino,The Adventure of a Photographer)


When I photograph someone, I feel a deep desire to capture the essence- the real, the authentic. To preserve a true, unposed moment and to keep a photograph of that person as an everlasting memory.

But can a single photo ever truly capture such a moment?

And this question begins with myself:
When am I truly myself? What do I look like when I am completely fully present, unfiltered, unobserved? And have I ever caught myself in a moment like that - or is it only others who witness those moments of truth?

So I sat in front of a camera for 45 minutes, alone, without distraction.

I asked ten people - ranging from close family and friends to complete strangers - to find that moment in the video.
And to ask themselves the same question:


You‘ve got me now?

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