Variation of white

Variation of White deals with the subjective nature of the gaze, facing diversity and prejudices, and the portrayal of otherness. The photographs portray a minority, people with albinism who suffer from myths surrounding their appearance and discrimination based on them.

Variation of White deals with the subjective nature of the gaze, facing diversity and prejudices, and the portrayal of otherness. The photographs portray a minority, people with albinism who suffer from myths surrounding their appearance and discrimination based on them.

The photographs are negative images of the originals. With the first glance they adhere to the viewers’ preconceptions of the subjects’ appearance, which makes them disregard the logic of the inverted image. The truth is revealed only after closer examination, but the original image is also viewable through an optical illusion. Reflection of the original image can be seen by looking at the red dot for 30 seconds and after that turning the view simultaneously blinking to a white surface. This illusion, a negative after image, is created when the brain is too slow to interpret the information provided by the eyes.

Equally time and closer examination can change our personal prejudices. Variation of White strives to get the viewers to question the way they construct their own reality. What we see is never a direct representation of the external reality but is always born through the synergy of our vision and mind. The subjectivity of our gaze is revealed when an image first perceived as reality is revealed as something else.

The project includes a documentary short film "Miss Albino" https://vimeo.com/161002147