Machteld Kroon, a Netherlands-based lens artist, rephotographs found footage with unknown origins, particularly utilizing old slides from over thirty years ago. Her work intersects documentary photography and personal inquiry, examining themes of identity, heritage, and memory through the lens of family life. By projecting these anonymous slides onto her body and the landscape, Kroon blends the past with the present, allowing new meanings to emerge while reflecting on her relationship with these images. This transformative process reinvents the narrative and purpose of the original photographs, effectively shaping them with her presence and interpretations.
The original photographer repeatedly captured the sky, much like a child exploring through repetition, an act of pure observation unburdened by meaning. Over time, these images grew on me. Their consistency became a language, a quiet meditation on looking. In their persistence, I saw both a child's wonder and an adult's need to hold onto the fleeting. By projecting these slides onto my body and the snow, I shift their original intent.
The past meets the present, and the act of rephotographing them transforms their purpose, infusing them with new meaning shaped by my presence.
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