Joost Bolten

I am a self-taught photographer, looking for chance and the unknown by trial and error. I learn by experimenting. Experimental photographers "are actually aware that 'image', 'device', 'program' and 'information' are the basic problems they have to explain. They strive to get something out of the device and put it in the picture that is not in its program." (Vilèm Fusser: A Philosophy of Photography). This awareness is not only the starting point for my photography, but also for my academic research and education.
For me, a photo does not mean the result of an event, but the beginning of a voyage of discovery through the universe of possible images and ideas.