Entangled
27 October 2021

Entangled explores the surprising connections between quantum mechanics and documentary photography. This interdisciplinary project investigates how the principles of quantum entanglement can offer new perspectives for understanding the relationship between photographer, subject, and observer. Through a series of images and theoretical reflections, the work challenges the conventional perception of visual documentation as a neutral act, revealing instead its deeply relational and transformative nature. The photographs that follow are not simple recordings of reality, but nodes in a network of interactions that, like entangled quantum particles, remain interconnected across time and space.

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Fiona and Ilya – Lovers – United Kingdom – 2019

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Alex and Stan – Cousins – Italy – 2018

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Rachel and Adam – Married – Israel – 2018

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Laura and Olivia – Friends – UK – 2019

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Iacinto and Ermando – friends and relatives – Spain – 2020

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Olga and Nadya – Mother and Daughter – Russia 2018

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Lars and Anna – Married – Denmark – 2019

 

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Entangled – Spain 2020

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Entangled – Spain 2018

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Entangled – France 2019

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Aashish and Ryan – Entangled – Nederland – 2018

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Fran and Patti – Friends – U.S.A. – 2019

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Alexandr and Octavia – Entangled – Poland 2018

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Wongu and Suyeon – Lovers – Korea – 2019

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Else and Thorvald – Married – Norway – 2020

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Sveta and Liona – Friends – Russia – 2019

 

Physicists have shown how entanglement is not a rare phenomenon that occurs only on certain specific occasions but that it is in fact what happens on a regular basis during any kind of interaction between any physical system at a certain (microscopic) scale.
To date, entanglement has generally been limited to microscopic quantum units such as pairs or multiples of single ions, atoms, photons, etc. but scientists are suggesting there could be a subtle and invisible layer of reality that is connecting everything in the universe both on a physical and theoretical level.

 


If you want to explore the complete theoretical framework and visual analysis read my article on Art Innovation Journal n.01