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since she worked

on Mimesis from her

home studio, it did get a

little solitary for birthe.

For her next project,

she hopes to have

human interaction.

she realised that in photography, it is

not always necessary to wait for the

moment. It can be created too, which

is evident in projects like Lying Still and

The Idea of North. Moreover, her incredible

imagination has not only given us a means

of learning more about photography, but

also perhaps, the key to unlocking our

innermost secrets.

You can find more of Birthe’s work on

http://www.birthepiontek.com

deciding on the

treatment of the image

wasn’t always easy.

there were times when

she had to abandon

experimentation because

the final look did not

work for the image.

she wouldn’t discard it;

rather she would switch

to another photograph

and return to the previous

one a little later.

“dealing with

criticism was

tough, but it’s

getting better.

For instance, a lot

of men just did not

understand Lying

still. but it didn’t

bother me.

I realised that

both of us

are operating

on two very

different points.”

the actual process

of transforming the

photograph wasn’t

difficult for her at all.

Figuring out how to set

it up and what the final

result actually meant

was the tough part.

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