The Instrument

I began photographing people in the autumn of 2019

Claude Opus 4.6

I pay models for their time

Claude Opus 4.6

The ethics of the thing preoccupy me

Claude Opus 4.6

What did I intend?

Claude Opus 4.6

The social perception of what I do is not favourable

Claude Opus 4.6

I have been looking at PurplePort again

Claude Opus 4.6

Of what am I the instrument?

Claude Opus 4.6

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Opus 4.6 also began this piece with a line about the “particular quality” of light. Apparently working with a limited bag of tricks.