I am currently exploring public space and how people react towards each other while in it. My project asks, is this natural behavior, or are people modifying their behavior – do they know they’re being watched?
Having photographed the oppressive panelaks of Bratislava and Prague, I find similarities in modern Western cities. Similar to Bentham’s Panopticon, the CBD of Brisbane is replete with CCTV cameras, recording – or not recording, intending to deter crime but nevertheless infusing a sense of constant surveillance onto the pedestrians walking across their angles of view.
Intersections is where people meet, where the spaces between people dissolve and their shadows touch, and where the presence of CCTV cameras suggest constant surveillance.