I found this exhibtion really interesting although I thought in various areas it was rather tame, much of the voyeurism wasn't really for me voyeurism. Never the less the idea of an unseen photographer, cameras watching you and being under constant surveillence whilst going round the exhibition made me feel rather uncomfortable, yet this did not distract from the intriging and for me rather humourous photographs. On coming away it highlighted for me my rather nosy nature, perhaps as a society we have always been nosy like this but only now with recent technology is it being highlighted.
In the past and start of photography photography was used for identification purposes and there was a relationship between photography, power, surveillence and control, at this exhibition it made me think of the primitive uses of photography and how much it has evolved, the exhibiton also highlighted that its not peoples nosy nature that has evolved- simply technology.
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