Series - FotoSlovo 2026 - Category « Conceptual photography »
Honorable Mention
Janet wants a yellow mango
We hunger. Suspended in the space between Janet's outstretched, empty hand and the gleaming mango.
According to Lacan, domain of vision and desire are inseparable/ At the heart of desire, he placed lack: the objet petit a, that forever unattainable thing we reach for. It is the afterimage of a pleasure, we can almost taste but never fully hold.
Using photography as medium, I try to follow this (un)pleasant (un)presence. The eyes drift across surfaces, some warm and trembling, others cold and still.
Just as the human gaze wanders around the trauma of the Real, the camera lens circles the mythical flesh of the world.
Where will this uncertain path lead us?
