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With the integration of megapixel cameras into mobile devices, virtually everyone is now capable of documenting everyday life. Such photographs are commonly referred to as snapshots, a term that unfortunately carries connotations of casualness and a lack of artistic intent. In this series, digital manipulation is deliberately applied to each image, not only to distinguish it from an ordinary snapshot but also to introduce a form of artistic intervention into the seemingly casual practice of taking photographs.

Photography—the act of transposing reality onto a light-sensitive surface—is, at its core, a process of manipulation. Framing, juxtaposition, and the decisive moment all function as what I regard as mental manipulations, through which a subjective reality can be constructed from even the most ordinary scene. This series is therefore an attempt to further investigate the notion of subjective reality through the interplay of mental and digital manipulations.