MAGIC
Photography and magic are natural companions. Stage magicians
have traditionally relied upon misdirection, trickery and sleight of hand. Photography, the only medium with
a reputation for recording “truth,” is also notorious for its ability to deceive. In Magic, the
photographer is a magician, a performer who creates tricks behind the curtain of the darkroom. Sometimes
the illusions occur in camera, but more frequently they are conjured in the printing process, where
photography is combined with drawing, and photograms question the veracity of the image itself.
