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Dan Tran united states
title
Primitive
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entry description
In my latest project, I produce multilayered photomontages on the theme “Primitive.” In it, I evoke the hidden kinship between our modern-day thoughts and actions with age-old instincts and modes of behavior of our species. Whether it's the need to believe in the existence and immortality of the soul, the struggle to affirm our individuality under pressure from the group, the urge to improvise new tools (not necessarily physical) to win the survival war, or our perpetual subjugation to our desires, we have not changed much. The only thing that has changed is the modes of expression. Technically, I create photomontages by overlaying images that together as a whole depict the idea in the title. The selection of images from my street photography inventory enforces the sense that those ideas have a contemporary immediacy affecting us all.back to gallery