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THE AESTHETICS OF ETHICS
The Aesthetics of Ethics is a research-based project on social documentary photography. It reflects on the way social matters get to be portrayed and on what this protocol of representation might say about citizenship, ethics or political consciousness. The installation addresses the topic from a social control point of view; it attempts to unfold the documentary format as a map of human value(s) upon which social judgment might be done. The installation includes deconstructed photographs, printed on four layers of Plexiglas (30 mm distance from each other). Each layer displays a particular amount of information about the topic / people portrayed, next to the original publication in which the photographs were found.

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 THE AESTHETICS OF ETHICS
+The Aesthetics of Ethics is a research-based project on social documentary photography. It reflects on the way social matters get to be portrayed and on what this protocol of representation might say about citizenship, ethics or political consciousness. The installation addresses the topic from a social control point of view; it attempts to unfold the documentary format as a map of human value(s) upon which social judgment might be done. The installation includes deconstructed photographs, printed on four layers of Plexiglas (30 mm distance from each other). Each layer displays a particular amount of information about the topic / people portrayed, next to the original publication in which the photographs were found.
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-The aesthetics of ethics is a research on photography, regarding the social documentary genre. It reflects on the way photography is used to illustrate and communicate social conflict.
-The documentary format is imbued with a great deal of realism, claiming minimal interference with the scene it witnesses. It often displays individuals within their intimate environment, exposing their vulnerability in order to illustrate a given topic with public relevance. Its intrusive nature is considered to be legitimate, once it informs. The blunt exposure to society’s frailties appears to be necessary to raise empathy among citizens and to trigger positive mechanisms of social support. To accept its harsh nature became a form of ethical burden; it is not easy to look at, but it’s a social duty to do so. This research looks at the social reportage as an illustration of ethical concern. It attempts to reflect on the need to portray error in order to address political or social reform.
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