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RetinalShiftisthecatalogueforMikhaelSubotzkys2012StandardBankYoungArtistExhibition,whichwilltoureverymajormuseuminSouthAfrica.RetinalShiftinvestigatesthepracticeandmechanicsoflookinginrelationtothehistoryofGrahamstown,thehistoryofphotographicdevices,andSubotzkysownhistoryasanartist.Theworksdrawonarchivalportraitsfromthelastcentury,foundsurveillancefootage,aswellasSubotzkysownphotographsfromvariousseriesthathere-contextualizes.Theopeningworkinthebookisaself-portraitthatSubotzkymadewiththeassistanceofanoptometrist.High-resolutionimagesofhisleftandrightretinassitsidebyside.SaysSubotzky:Iwasfascinatedbythisencounter.Atthemomentthatmyretinas,partsofmyessentialorgansofseeing,werephotographed,Iwasblindedbytheapparatusthatmadetheimages.MikhaelSubotzkywasbornin1981inCapeTownandiscurrentlybasedinJohannesburg.Subotzkyadoptsthedirectnessofthesocialdocumentarymodewhilequestioningthephotographicmediumitself.Overthepasteightyears,hisworkhasfocusedontheinsideandoutsideofSouthAfricasnotoriousprisons,thesmalltownofBeaufortWest,andPonteCity,asingleiconicbuildinginJohannesburg.
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MikhaelSubotzkywasborninCapeTownin1981.HebecametheyoungestmemberoftheprestigiousMagnumagencyagedjust31andhewasrecentlynamedwinnerofthe2012StandardBankYoungArtistAward.Subotzkywasinfluencedfromanearlyagebyhisuncle,GideonMendel,oneofSouthAfrica''snotable''strugglephotographers''.Subotzkyadoptsthedirectnessofthesocialdocumentarymodewhilequestioningthephotographicmediumitself.
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