I shoot reality TV because it allows me to explore questions of what is real, what is staged, and does it matter whether all these moments are real or staged. In the process of shooting this portfolio, I also captured a cross-section of America. This diversity leads me to believe that reality TV is really about our society as whole and not just a sub-set that revels in the happiness and drama projected on TVs and computer screens.
I love how the images freeze the participants’ story and erase their context. I will never know the real beginning or end of their story, but I’m able to live in that moment the image shows me. Ultimately, I’m left to wonder whether reality TV’s only purpose is to generate fleeting emotional moments and whether we’ve become comfortable with living only through fleeting moments.
I shoot all of images straight off high definition screens and process them through an entirely digital workflow. I’ve transformed all of these images into a hybrid photograph and “graphic novel” style. While the portfolio was initially designed as a collection of raw photographic images, I found that mixing the raw images with a graphic novel effect allowed me to view the images more clearly as a separate reality.
I love how the images freeze the participants’ story and erase their context. I will never know the real beginning or end of their story, but I’m able to live in that moment the image shows me. Ultimately, I’m left to wonder whether reality TV’s only purpose is to generate fleeting emotional moments and whether we’ve become comfortable with living only through fleeting moments.
I shoot all of images straight off high definition screens and process them through an entirely digital workflow. I’ve transformed all of these images into a hybrid photograph and “graphic novel” style. While the portfolio was initially designed as a collection of raw photographic images, I found that mixing the raw images with a graphic novel effect allowed me to view the images more clearly as a separate reality.
