In the great circus that is politics, photography and censorship work hand in hand to manipulate public opinion, exploiting the false notion of photography as an objective record of reality. Through the mass media, anything that fails to serve the interests of political parties is subtly but persistently concealed, distorting our perception of the world and obscuring the truth.
But by looking at politics and its leading figures from a different perspective, and by deliberately pushing photography towards its own disintegration, the medium can be turned against censorship itself. In this play of negatives, something positive can emerge: a fresh way of seeing politicians and the superficial world they inhabit. Through this approach, photography exposes the contradiction between the state they so fiercely defend and the way their own actions, public image and carefully staged displays gradually undermine it. It strips away the elaborate façade surrounding them, exposing the fragility of the ivory tower in which they believe themselves to be living.
