Blinded - Photography Exhibit - Rico Schwartzberg

Blinded

A photographer's job is, literally, to see. But what happens when this ability to see and process the outside world is cut off, either physically or psychologically?

Over the past two years we were forced by the pandemic into the interior spaces of our homes, unable to engage in the larger social world. But there are also mental cages where the understanding of the world outside is obscured and unable to come into focus.

This series of images photographically represents that state of mind. Our sense of the world is blinded and confused. There are patterns of light and dark but are those patterns making sense? Shadows and light flash across our mental screen as we try to translate these images into a coherent state of mind.

Captured with a Polaroid SX-70 camera on instant film, these images create an immediate exploration of internal chaos when the blinds are drawn.

Adorna Galeria, Rua do Rosário, n. 147, 4050-523 Porto, Portugal

Opening September 22 through October 30