A man lying on the ground.

This mini-series aims to foster a reflection upon photography and the role of the photographer. The images depict the moment when, while taking a stroll, I incidentally noticed a man lying on the ground. Fascinated by the aesthetic of the environment and the unusual scene, I decided to capture it with my camera. I took a series of pictures before it came to my mind that the man lying could have been in need for help. He then changed position, so I later discovered he was a worker who got drunk after his shift. The fact that I decided to benefit from the situation before even trying to help him made me think: what do we do as photographers? We often take advantage of situations, but we may later on spread a message with our pictures, by showing it to a larger amount of people. Essentially, this mini-series reflects on the concept of intervention brought up by Susan Sontag in her essay "On Photography", were she states “Photographing is essentially an act of non-intervention.” The four pictures should put the observer into the role of photographer, who captures the scene keeping himself to a certain distance, in the dark. The minimum variations in between pictures suggest a long and patient await for the right moment, trying to capture the perfect scene, without any will of intervention to the interest of the subject in difficulty. The quality of the aesthetic should also spark a critique, stressing the effort to create an iconic image more then an image of denunciation.