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Examining the hierarchy between technology and the individual, Andy Mattern’s latest solo show, Average Subject/ Me- dium Distance, repositions the practice of photography as both a medium and the object in question.A dialogue between contemporary and historic practice, Mattern’s works places the implications of technology under examination, focusing on its subsequent authority and visibility in our everyday lives.
A photographic series, Average Subject / Medium Distance, captures vintage “guides” or “computers”, a common photog- raphy tool used in the 1940s and 1950s to adjust exposure, depth …