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Steve Barnard

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see and interpret my surroundings, this
helps me judge and analyze pictures in
a way that they work perfectly with my
own past knowledge, that is how I can
blend different images so they can be
seen as a whole and have harmony
between on and the other.
One word that I think is beyond memory
is perception, sometimes I can
manipulate or construct an idea based
on my own memory but one thing that I
would not be able to control is how this
final photograph will be perceived with
my final audience, and thats scary but
at the same time is what interests me
the most.
Over these years you have exhibited
your works in several occasions,
including your recent solo exhibition at
the Museo Olga Costa, in Guanajuato:
one of the hallmarks of your work is
the capability to create a direct
involvement with the viewers, who are
urged to evolve from a condition of
mere spectatorship. So before leaving
this conversation we would like to pose
a question about the nature of the
relationship of your art with your
audience. Do you consider the issue of
audience reception as being a crucial
component of your decision-making
process, in terms of what type of
language is used in a particular
context?

This is an interesting question and is
directly related with what I was talking
about perception, I can do whatever I
want in my work, show the audience
one, two or more elements working
between on and the other but at the

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