Uta Barth’s simple photographs follow the traditional rules
of composition meanwhile the content of her images are not as simple as they might seem. Barth’s primary focus is on the material complexities
of vision and the flawed idea behind expectation. She quotes, “seeing is
forgetting the name of the thing one sees.”
Barth asks the viewer to question their desire to
fill the void within her images. Her technique is to create an absence that
encourages time spent with her photographs. She achieves that by
providing monochromatic images that have a foreground or a background but not
both. Some of her images are blurred but recognizable to the eye. That is where
viewers tend to fill in the information that she is not providing.
Barth’s approach to photography is less about aesthetics and
more about our intellect as human beings. What I enjoy about Barth’s work is
that it brings awareness to my own viewing experience that I can connect with. She is not challenging my intellect
but rather asking me to see not just look.
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