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ADALENA KAVANAGH

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MY WORK ISN’T PERSONAL

AT LEAST NOT WHAT WE CONSIDER

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

You could say my photography is in the third person. I am the author, but I am not the subject. And yet, my subjectivity informs it.

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WHEN I WRITE FICTION, OR ESSAYS,I NEED TO MAKE SENSE TO THE READER, BUT I LIKE TO REMAIN SLIGHTLY AMBIVALENT ABOUT WHAT I’VE WRITTEN WHILE STANDING BY EVERY WORD.

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I WANT SOME AMBIGUITY.

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EVEN THOUGH I AM THE AUTHOR, I DON’T WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYTHING COMES FROM.

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Photography that is 100% explicable bores me

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BECAUSE I WRITE, I NEVER WANT TO EXPLAIN MY PHOTOS.

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I RARELY CAPTION THEM. IT FEELS LIKE CHEATING. LIKE TELLING THE VIEWER WHAT TO THINK.

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LIGHT

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DARK

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IRONY IS AN UNSENTIMENTAL WAY TO ENGAGE EMOTION

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Date : 01/01/2023

I TRY TO LIVE WHAT I TELL STUDENTS: THE TYPE OF CAMERA DOESN’T MATTER, IT’S THE PHOTOS, BUT YOU MUST ACCEPT YOUR SUBJECT’S REACTION.

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IF YOU TAKE THE PHOTO, CAN YOU TAKE THE HEAT?

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BE CURIOUS. BE AWARE

Essay on Ethics of Street Photography

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ALL I WANT IS PURE WTF

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Post-pandemic: Crave faces & human traces

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I’M LESS INTERESTED IN BEAUTY RATHER THAN HUMANITY.

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BEAUTY WILL FOLLOW IF ALLOWED LIGHT AND AIR

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Polaroid work @mamiyaroid

Website: adalenakavanagh.com