Office Reflections

In this series of photographic portraits titled Office Reflections, I use the device of the window both to reflect the interiority of the everyday in an office environment with that of the external reality. I work part time in a corporate office which has a large window with partly mirrored glass. Everyone’s attention is constantly drawn to this window and the dynamic ways the light, weather and noise, change throughout the day. When you go to the window you feel you are part of the city again, leaving the keyboard tapping cocoon of the desk, if only for few a moments. These photographs illuminate the mundanity of the everyday in contrast to our propensity to daydream as we look through windows on the world outside. The images reflect on the constant change in our constructed reality as mediated through a lens. The difference between the real and the imagined has collapsed. These photographs were taken and edited on an iPhone, reflecting our changing relationship with the process of photography in the digital age. Using an iPhone for this project was the perfect medium as it was less invasive. The camera was never pointed directly at anyone but aimed at the window giving the sitter a sense of ease. Having photographed these colleagues numerous times over the years for professional purposes these images are the ones they are the happiest with as they feel they are true reflection of themselves in their working environment and not a contrived posed portrait for business purposes. What attracts me to these reflections is the unknown. As much as I pay attention to what I am trying to get I am still always surprised by the results. Editions of 5 30x30cm Archival pigment print onto lustre fine art paper