Blindfolded by Antoine De Winter

“Blindfolded” is a photographic project that questions the use of the photographic medium in the Anthropocene era.

Our phones and cameras have become compulsive objects, seeking to capture a fragment of reality. Within this abundance of images, the question of what we are looking at has faded. In the “Blindfolded” project, different glaciers were photographed. The question throughout this work was to find a way for the photographed place to physically bear witness to its decline and the impact of human activity on it.

The pigments used to create these images come from carbon deposits found on the surface of various locations. Under the influence of human activity, these deposits form a sort of border of carbon material which accelerates the melting of glaciers.

The collection of these pigments then allows them to be used in various technical processes to make the images appear.

Blindfolded also questions our relationship to speed, imposing a slowdown both in the creation and in the contemplation of these images. This creates an archaic posture which resonates with the fragility of the photographed glaciers. Blindfolded invites us to think about a pictorial ecosophy where the place exists as a form of suggested image, delicate on the surface of the glass, echoing our collective issues faced with the massive transformation of our relationship with the living.