Echoes Through the Lenses
Livia Y. Mandalay, Myanmar 🇲🇲
Meaning of the Work
“My piece is called echoes through the lens, the different layers enlarging from the phone behind create an “echo” like feeling. The warm tone creates a welcoming feeling that feels familiar. It also interplays between reality and perception as bright warm lights can also be intimate and mysterious. The reflections from the phone screen shows the modern relationship between identity and digital representation which is a common feature nowadays.I used this effect to show that behind the camera, there are many different layers, stories feelings and unknown mysteries hidden behind the lenses. In the modern world where social media is an essential in daily life, it’s difficult for people to see the difference between real or fake and read between the lines. Not everything you see in these pictures can be the full story or the whole truth. The layers make the viewers question what is real and what is a reflection as they are seemingly distorted. This photograph conveys the reality of the relationship between self presentation vs a fragmented deeper reality hiding behind the screen which is often found in the digital age.”
-Livia
About the Author
Hi! My name is Livia and i'm 15 years old. I live in Bangkok, Thailand but originally i'm Burmese. I've been studying photography as an igcse subject for about a year now and it's given me many opportunities to explore my passion for photography.
