I explore the functioning of memory and the possibilities for constructing alternative versions of one’s own narrative through the medium of photography. Through re-scanning and intervening in my own negatives, I generate new interpretations of what has been recorded, just as happens when we recall memories. Analog material is physical proof of a moment’s existence. Yet, like memory, a pho tograph is not a record of reality but rather a fragment or an inter pretation of it. But is the person looking at the photographs today the same person who created them?
Our memories shape us just as much as we shape them.
About the artist:
Jana Bombiková (b. 1984, trenčín, Slovakia) is a freelance photographer and writer. In her work she focuses on the topics of individual and collective memory, identity and subjective experience. Often combines photography, text and video. She is also a member of the editorial board of the paradajsphoto.sk platform.