Carlos Jimenez
A questionable position by default
My practice focuses on the analysis of what an image represents and what it is telling us about our position as viewers. I work across fiction and documentary, building narratives through the construction of highly staged photographs of actors and/or real scenarios populated by non-actors. The representation of the real and its further reconstruction are key elements of my field of enquiry. These combined images aim to produce narratives where the line between realism, fiction and the theatre of life is blurred, questioning our perception of the "other" and ourselves. In researching power, control, gender and their performativity I have structured a body of work that plays upon the artifice of the traditional models of hierarchy, the white male position and its translation into imaginary. Concepts such as otherness, exoticism and sexuality are recurrent themes in my work.
Alexander Christie • Carlos Jimenez • Durbin Lewis Ltd • Martina Lindqvist • Hanqing Ma (in Collaboration with Mona Yoo) • Maja A. Ngom • Erin Solomons • Feiyi Wen •
University of Brighton
MA Photography
University of Hertfordshire
MA Photography
Kingston University
MA Photography
Manchester School of Art
MA Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
Sheffield Hallam University
MArt Photography
Ulster University
MFA Photography
University of Westminster
MA Documentary Photography and Photojournalism