Philip-Lorca diCorcia took a photograph in 1978 showing his brother Mario. The figure depicted in the photograph looks into an open refrigerator, illuminating the interior of the kitchen and the face of the portrayed with unnatural light. Undertaking an analysis of this work, Peter Galassi drew attention to the apparent ordinariness of the situation, occurring as a result of photographic direction. According to Galassi, diCorcia's experiment turned "a mundane event into an enigma." According to...
Looking at Igor Omulecki's work, one can get the impression that his photographs function above genre divisions, usually defining the internal dissimilarities of the medium of photography. Most often his name is associated with documentary, although this notion has been significantly blurred these days. Omulecki also not infrequently takes directed photographs, in which - unlike documents - the leading role is played by subtle...