Specificity of time and place drop away and one starts to think about the picture, as much as what it is of.
Uta BarthMy work never directly addresses the literal subject matter of the photograph, but attempts to ask questions about vision itself.
Uta BarthI keep trying to find ways to shift the viewer's attention away from the object they are looking at and toward their own perceptual process in relation to that object. The question for me always is: how can I make you aware of your own activity of looking, instead of losing your attention to thoughts about what it is that you are looking at?
Uta BarthEverything is pointing to one's own activity of looking, to an awareness and sort of hyper-consciousness of visual perception. The only way I know how to invite this experience is by removing the other things (i.e., subject matter) for you to think about.
Uta Barth