The Importance of Identity
A Visual Criminological Analysis of Intersectionality
Abstract
A traditional single-lens reflex camera holds a mirror at the core of its
mechanism. The mirror allows for light to reflect whatever the lens is focusing
on to the viewfinder for the photographer. This mechanic holds no greater
significance other than its intended function to give the photographer the
opportunity to preview the photograph before taking the image, but I find great
poetic symbolism in it. The photographer and the subject, tied together by their
own reflections and a string of light– they are inseparable. This idea became my
philosophy as a photographer but also an artist viewing photographs– the images
are always informed by the photographer and vice versa.
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2025-06-03
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