4 Secondi
When I exhibited the "4 seconds" series, I was fixated on how someone's point of view changes their perception of reality.
For instance, how does a child feel, in his stroller, dodging a mass of legs without a steering wheel between his hands?
How does a stray dog feel within the same forest of legs?
And how does this feel?
And how does that feel?
Well, this is the idea.
The point of view of things.
I swear this wasn't easy.
It seems strange but behind the photos in the exhibit went tons of research, tons of work and tons and tons of waste.
In the end, I realized that static objects, except in rare cases, don't have interesting points of view photographically.
Let me explain.
A column in Piazza Michelangelo would certainly enjoy a nice point of view, a beautiful panorama of Florence, but a little too over-used.
A traffic light at an intersection at most would be boring.
But, a windshield of a car launched at 100 mph at night?!
And at the same time, a car window focuses in on Manhattan?
A shopping cart in a supermarket?
Well, ladies and gentlemen, transform yourselves as you take in the photos of this exhibit.
For how long?
Just 4 Seconds...
...the time in which the eye, amazed by what the camera illlustrated, was open to make the impressions that were frozen in time for this show.
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