![]() Organized by Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell, Co-Founders of Transformer Station.Īcclaimed conceptual artist Ann Hamilton presented a new installation of work from an ongoing project titled O N E E V E R Y O N E. As urbanization crowds us together and the camera becomes ubiquitous, this exhibition explored compelling contemporary issues surrounding anonymity, privacy, voyeurism, and above all, our compulsive curiosity about humanity. Without knowing the subject, we are free to project our own assumptions on these strangers, and guess the photographer’s intentions. Although it is taboo to stare in public, these pictures invite the viewer to pore over faces and search for meaning. Whether the subject posed for the photographer or the picture was “taken” without their knowledge, in these images the people are always unknown. ![]() UNKNOWN: Pictures of Strangers explored how artists have used the camera to consider society through the anonymous portrait.
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