800 Portraits of the People I Don’t Know

2 separate large animated video projections (each 15 min long, projected simultaneously) made roughly from 800 street photo portraits shot in a 4 year period following my journeys in and around New York City.

"800 Portraits of the People I Don't Know" - Part 1 and Part 2 is a pure photographic project, but utilises video media for final display in the gallery space.

Two separate large video projections (each 15 min long, played simultaneously) made roughly from 800 street photo portraits shot in 4 year period resembling my journey from uptown Manhattan in the summer, crossing many neighborhoods till the lowest point in Downtown and later Brooklyn, Queens and back to Manhattan all the way up from Downtown to Uptown in winter this is time. Videos have a soundtrack of the street noise related to the particular location.

Also it is not a simple slide show. The screens animate in a certain order, which makes my characters interact with each other. The whole installation has a feel of space and location as well as the seasons of the year. The placement of every portrait is not random, but carefully selected and very particular to my scenario.

I strongly recommend to to watch few videos from the links below to better understand what is my project about:

In this page you can find 3 videos from actual gallery installation: https://vytenisjankunas.com/800-portraits

This is a full video (15 min) of the "800 Portraits of the People I Don't Know" - Part 1": https://youtu.be/-gwibb8K2wc

This is a full video (15 min) of the "800 Portraits of the People I Don't Know" - Part 2": https://youtu.be/hCMK7S-Hl9Q