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The Eliot Twins is a seven photographs series focusing on the painterly effects of motion blur and repeated time exposure as an alternative way to represent change and follow the unseen metamorphosis of the subjects. The discourse is based on a practice that opposes photographic fixity and the idea of a critical ‘moment.’ Instead of capturing the subjects in a fraction of a second, I record a period of time, as if allowing the twins to create their own portraits. This allows the subjects to reveal their character more intimately, while raising questions on our perception of human beings and the limits of the photographic medium. The aim is to inspire a mode of perception in viewers that is primarily defined by the various shifts in time and movement. Taken in London on a late afternoon, the photographs present the portraits of two twins who were turning six years old, wearing their Gingham dresses. The single portraits are made of both girls – they are identical twins and have been asked to stay in the same position. The photographs are made with a Lomo camera, using an out-of-date lm and the available light. All chosen photographs are the result of just one film and the scans have not been retouched.
C-type prints on Fuji paper, variable dimensions, 2014. This series was exhibited in 2014 at art dealer Megan Piper’s private space in London, as curated by Lou Proud.