Short Stories on a Long Theme
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Title
Short Stories on a Long Theme
22340.ABST.LIESSNER
Description
My work moves between documentary observation, conceptual thinking and image-making rooted in atmosphere and stories. This approach can be applied to anything I do. I’m drawn to incompleteness and to the tension between what is revealed and what remains unresolved. The idea of the fragment is central to the way I think – how individual fragments, when placed next to one another, can create an entirely new narrative or emotional meaning. That’s why I like to think of myself more as a collector than a traditional photographer.
I often think of images in a way that is very close to writing. Visual language, similarly to words, carries its own rhythm, symbolism, emotional codes. I’m fascinated by how meaning is constructed through association and sequencing, and by the way images can function almost like sentences within a larger narrative.
I often think of images in a way that is very close to writing. Visual language, similarly to words, carries its own rhythm, symbolism, emotional codes. I’m fascinated by how meaning is constructed through association and sequencing, and by the way images can function almost like sentences within a larger narrative.
Creator
Edita Liessner
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URL Link to project
https://tique.art/interviews/six-questions/edita-liessner/
Where to buy
https://editaliessner.com/
Collection
Citation
Super User, “Short Stories on a Long Theme,” Photobook Cafe Photobook Collection, accessed August 30, 2026, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/2230.