The above photograph comes from the series 'The Action of Matchmaking Photons in Bars' by Voebe de Gruyter. In a conversation with Maria Barnas, titled 'On Art and Science', she says the following about it:
'The.photos I took in the café are real spots of light. I had stuck reflective tape on the people and the interior and took pictures using the flash. I see the spots of light as proof of light's return.'
The premise here is that light originates from the flash, hits an object and then returns to the camera lens and its sensor, rendering the image. But if we assume that this is the case, as the artist does, then the rest of the photograph, or even any photograph taken with a flash, surely is an equal 'proof of light's return'?
