OXANA JAD

...I must admit that I do like to take
a voyeuristic view-point.
Your photography seemingly stimulates the
viewer’s psyche on both a conscious and a
subconscious level. How did you decide to
focus on this form of photography?
OJ: Psychology has been my passion for a very
long time and the world of emotions is an incredibly
exciting field. To transfer this to a photograph
is not an easy task but I love this challange
and try to make use of all avaible means to make
visible that which lies „behind the facade“. If my
intention is successful, the viewer can hopefully
be trandferred to respective emotional state.
The five images you submitted to Level 25 Artjournal
make me feel as if I’m the proverbial
“fly on the wall,” voyeuristically peeking at the
hidden life of a family. At times I am thrilled;
at other times I feel guilty, like a sort of voyeur
As a photographer, do you ever wish that you
could sneak into people’s homes and capture
their lives without their knowledge?
OJ: The primary focus of my work is the act of
story-telling. I feel like a writer who describes characters
and situations. He / she grants an insight
into the psyche of another person and transports
us to the places to which we would not come by
otherwise. Only the writer does it through words
and I use the language of the image.
I would of course not want to intrude upon the
privacy of other people like a paparazzi…although
I must admit that I do like to take a voyeuristic
view-point.
Oxana Jad: „La Chatte“
2013, photography