Impostors
Impostor, according to the Merriam Webster dictionary of the English language, is one that assumes false identity or title for the purpose of deception.
© Alicja Brodowicz
© Alicja Brodowicz
© Alicja Brodowicz
Impostors are artificial objects that pose as real things: substitutes.
Every inch of space inhabited by people is dotted with pitiful attempts at embellishing (?) the immediate surroundings:
– a window painted on the building facade;
– a gypsum roe deer hiding under the ferns in neighbour’s garden;
– plastic grass lining the floor of summer gardens;
– blue paint pretending to be the sky.
It is fascinating why people tolerate such creations and even more puzzling why they come up with them in the first place.
© Alicja Brodowicz
© Alicja Brodowicz
© Alicja Brodowicz
BIO
Alicja Brodowicz – born in Kraków, Poland. Graduate of the Faculty of English Literature at Universiteit Utrecht (the Netherlands). Translator by profession. Graduate of the Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic.
Finalist and laureate of multiple photography competitions (e.g. IRIS Award (Australia), Photography Annual Awards (Czech Republic), International Photography Awards (2013, honourable mention), B&W Child Photo Competition, International Photography Awards (2015, honourable mention), 7th Julia Margaret Cameron competition for women photographers (2015), MIFA 2015, (honourable mention)).