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I love the duality of photography: on one hand, because we can 'capture' what's in front of the lens, we have always trusted photography as a documentary tool – but, right from day one, photographs have been manipulated to match their creators' vision. With the tools at our disposal today it's easier than ever to fabricate reality and so there's a constant tension between our trusting eyes and our sceptical brains – it's interesting to explore and even exploit this tension.

I enjoy the immediacy that photography offers, allowing you to not only be a part of the scene, experiencing it, but also capture fragments of it and manipulate the experience – and the memory of it – at the same time.

I also love to travel and explore architecture and spaces/places where humans have imposed some kind of order on nature.

Much of my work is devoid of human presence, and yet focuses on spaces created specifically for their use. I think this is because these rational spaces open doors in my imagination and, by standing there quietly, we can truly appreciate their beauty. Many of my images place the viewer in that position.

Victoria, BC Canada
Phone: +1 250 812 2431
Email: me@mattpolitano.com

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