Where does the meaning of a photograph lie? Where do the boundaries of its authorship, spectatorship, and democracy intersect? These questions lie at the heart of the photographic practice of Sydney-based untrained artist Luke Le. In his first major artist’s book, What are you looking for?, Luke Le subverts notions of diarism and impromptu to explore new aesthetic and philosophical terrain. An open letter to a former life in Melbourne, the book is both an intensely personal gesture and a broader provocation of the subjectivities and assumptions that underlie photography itself. These raw, intuitive images—created from scans of degraded Risograph prints—are both rooted and free of place. Their dynamic gaze leans toward specificity, but never quite settles. Amid the noise of their fine, grainy grain, Le’s images leave as many questions as they answer.
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