This week I found myself intrigued by Yo Vo's photographs, which I found on the AINT-BAD website.
According to the article, this artist focuses on memory and dreams in his work, and he "attempts to capture visual portrayals of characters, spaces and situations soaked in idiosyncrasy as well as motifs of timelessness and uncertainty." Yo Vo's photographs definitely convey an existence between reality and the imaginary, much like our dreams. The uncanny feeling produced by the composition and lighting of his photos reminds me of the majesty of our own subconsciousnesses, of the often misunderstood connection between our 'awakened' self and our 'sleeping' self. The inclusion of very discernible objects and details also alludes to Yo Vo's focus on memory. What we decide to conserve from the things we experience become hyper-exaggerated, and what is deemed unnecessary is often blurred out, forgotten. This idea of forgetting what is real and oftentimes exaggerating what is not also adds to the mystery and unsettling nature of these images.
Images © Yo Vo
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