About my Photograph Oblivion
Process Statement
All my images in the series Oblivion are split-toned silver-gelatin prints. All images are made from a negative shot in a traditional medium format camera. No images have been digitally produced or altered. Each photograph is individually printed on fiber-based paper and processed to archival standards. All images are available in an edition of 12. Although printed in an edition, each print is unique: all photographs are individually toned. Prints are matted on acid free museum board.
Oblivion 1996, Serie of 16 Photos . Reza Khatir
This set of photographs are non digital Black and White silver gelatin prints mechanically manipulated in the darkroom) The serie was shot here in Switzerland and apart from its apparent aesthetic aspects, my concept was to demonstrate that photography can completely change the reality and falsify one's perception of the truth (just by using a piece of cloth I changed an European environment and turned it into a typical oriental scene.