Sequences of Truth and Deception
Vanja Bucan

Vanja Bucan’s work is halfway between documentary photography and stagecraft. For the series Sequences of Truth and Deception, Bucan shoots parts of the human body in front of, or as part of, photographic backdrops in which nature is shown intact. Bucan questions in her art the tension between idealization and dominance. Her images are carefully staged. She adds to the original picture by including human gestures and poses in order to create a fiction that conveys her attitude towards anthropocentrism. Humanity is seen apparently interacting with nature, yet always cut off from it.

Year of production: 2015-