REFRICATER

From a purely documentary point of view, these manipulated photographs contain more information about the circumstances of the image than the photograph itself. This is also the basic idea behind these pictures, providing more information than just a classic straight portrait is capable of. This is a non-forgiving way of working and the pictures reveal the cartoonist’s unprocessed true handicraft in drawing. The method lacks the possibility to erase, there is no backstroke. The etched line, directly engraved in the negative, is irreversible. The knowledge that the image is going to be manipulated also creates pressure on me as a photographer. It requires me to deliver a foundation that is possible to further develop in a situation where one usually strives for an as compressed and complete expression as possible. Here somewhere the boundaries between the disciplines are blurred and the cooperation results in an image where both working methods and ideas merge.