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Head On Photo Festival 2024
Didi von Boch
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Didi von Boch
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Location: Paddington Reservoir Gardens, 251-255 Oxford st, Paddington
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Entry Fee: Free
Genres: Portrait

In 2020, COVID-19 forced us to explore new photography methods.

I began to connect with people via FaceTime and photographed them through the monitor with my digital camera. Although the quality was low, it resonated with the uncertainty and imperfections of that challenging time. This unique approach completely pulled me in, and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I felt a powerful closeness through the lens despite their physical absence.

In 2022, I revisited the project, using apps that allowed me to use my subjects’ phone cameras. The image quality doesn’t depend on internet connections.

During shoots, I ponder the natural movements and perspectives I usually take for granted. I wonder if my subjects feel less exposed and if the intimacy of being alone alters their emotional availability.

Additionally, I contemplate how my perception shifts when confined to a phone screen. Remote photography reshapes the narrative of our art – what if presence is no longer a prerequisite to seeing and listening?

This exploration fascinates me, and I aspire to capture families intimately worldwide.

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Didi von Boch

Didi von Boch is a German-born photographer, mother, and optimist. She loves trees more than the ocean and loves helping her subjects feel confident and beautiful in front of the camera. Her work is dramatically authentic and beautiful. Didi lives and works in San Francisco.

This event has concluded
Dates: -
Location: Paddington Reservoir Gardens, 251-255 Oxford st, Paddington
Hours:
Entry Fee: Free
Genres: Portrait
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