Light Measuring Error I, II, III, IV & V

(2014-2019) Röda Sten Konsthall 2019

Placing her hand in front of the camera to measure the light against it and decide the exposure, she accidentally takes a picture. The button should only be pushed half way but it’s sensitive, the shutter is released easily. In the moment the photographer curses herself and the wasted frame, but over the years a collection of unwanted images builds up. What once was a failure has become something else.


Hún setur hendina fyrir framan linsuna til að mæla ljósið. Það á bara að þrýsta létt á takkann en hann er næmur og í ógáti hleypir hún af. Ljósmyndarinn bölvar spanderuðum ramma en í gegnum árin safnast mistökin saman og verða ómeðvitað að einhverju.