Privately public

The moment a photo is taken nobody thinks in archiving it. In the past, we stored physical prints in albums or boxes. Sometimes we used them as souvenirs, decoration, bookmarks. In the digital age, they are saved instantaneously and invisibly. In the best case, we later organize them in folders on our computer or cloud network. However, in both cases, images are taken and somehow disappear. We can look at them again, but only few have the privilege to be always present in our conscience.

Images in the past were kept more personal and secret. Nowadays, we tend to share our images on the web, with friends, family members, followers and unknown people. I imagine, there are still images we like to keep away from the public. This is a personal decision and sometimes hard to explain. By taking a photo, I often cannot say, if I want to share it later to the public or keep it for myself.

Looking through my image archive, I found that images I kept personal and images I published on the web, could be juxtaposed to each other. In this way, a visual connection between the images was established and an interaction between them arose. Even if treated separate so far, I could break up their entities and create something new out of them. By doing so, I got aware, that our relation between private and public and the border between them constantly changes.