Sean Wilkinson: Flora

Sean Wilkinson’s exhibition meditates on one of the primary functions that has developed within the zeitgeist of photography: the significance of objects, places, and histories that are often left unseen. Wilkinson has developed his own style from the complicated act of seeing, where images are deliberately shot out of focus, pointing out the lack of detail and opposing one of the most convincing virtues of photography: clear focus.

As the image is blurred, the viewer has to identify the subject to understand the meaning. Since the immeasurable detail of a photograph has astonishing power, clear focus is a cornerstone of photography. To throw an image out of focus, as Wilkinson does, is almost a violation of what is “right.”