Without Context - Exhibition by Aaron Jean
by Aaron Jean
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About the Book
This Special Edition photographic Zine was created for the exhibition: Without Context - an exhibition about expectation by Aaron Jean. The exhibition was hosted in Madrid, Spain in November of 2019.
Without Context - Is an exhibition about expectation. We give an image our attention, we expect answers for our gaze. Advertisers and algorithms have perfected this form of commerce and the more satisfying the answers, the more satiated yet, addicted we become. I prefer questions instead of answers. I prefer feelings instead of responses and I prefer “hmmm” instead of “ahah!”
Images start a conversation, but you have to see the shapes and the lines and you have to ask the questions. There are no answers, only humans, physicality, emotion, and shape. We are the context, not the image.
The portraits continue this theme. We imagine that a true portrait captures someone’s soul or tells the truth…but I think a good portrait asks a good question and reveals a part of ourselves.
“That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.” -Haruki Murakami
Without Context - Is an exhibition about expectation. We give an image our attention, we expect answers for our gaze. Advertisers and algorithms have perfected this form of commerce and the more satisfying the answers, the more satiated yet, addicted we become. I prefer questions instead of answers. I prefer feelings instead of responses and I prefer “hmmm” instead of “ahah!”
Images start a conversation, but you have to see the shapes and the lines and you have to ask the questions. There are no answers, only humans, physicality, emotion, and shape. We are the context, not the image.
The portraits continue this theme. We imagine that a true portrait captures someone’s soul or tells the truth…but I think a good portrait asks a good question and reveals a part of ourselves.
“That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.” -Haruki Murakami
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Features & Details
- Primary Category: Fine Art Photography
- Additional Categories Arts & Photography Books
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Project Option: US Letter, 8.5×11 in, 22×28 cm
# of Pages: 36 - Publish Date: Nov 02, 2019
- Language English
- Keywords BW Photos, Portraiture, Portraits, Photography
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About the Creator
Aaron Jean Photography
Madrid, Spain
Aaron is an American portrait and editorial /commercial photographer currently living in Madrid, Spain with his family. He is also Creative Director for an online photography magazine, Medium Format Magazine. He is obsessed with light and shadows and can often be found chasing little arrangements in light and shadow that happen all around us. When he is not in his home studio you’ll likely find him shooting street photography, writing or traveling.