visual art review

Primitive Pixels

Garage Studios

Sometimes in photography the creative process is more interesting than the final product. Such is the case with Adam Bronkhorst's exhibition 'Primitive Pixels' which charts a one-day mission to create a self-portrait using a primitive 1995 digital camera. The photos are presented in groups, demonstrating the technical choices undertaken at each step; from facial expression to lighting arrangements. By showing the finished portrait alongside the mistakes and experiments undertaken along the way, Bronkhorst succeeds in encouraging us to think about photography as a process, not just an end result. The exhibition is also an interesting voyage through the history of digital photography, the technicalities of a day's photoshoot, and a photographer's own personal journey of self-representation.

Garage Studios, dates vary,, 10.00am - 5.00pm, free

tw rating: 3/5

published: May-2009

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