Josef Kovac, 2024
Measures: 14,5 x 14,5 cm
Pages: 96
Technique: Laser printed, saddle stitched booklet
Edition: 50
”tabloid dreamscape” explores the paradoxical status of paparazzi photography—positioned at the bottom of the photographic hierarchy, yet indispensable to our collective visual culture. The camera becomes an instrument of power, a weapon that both exposes and reinforces the public figure’s role as a shared concern. The work highlights the transaction between paparazzi and the public, where our own demand legitimizes the intrusion into private life. Through a playful perspective, it questions our need for these images and the strange dynamic in which we first elevate individuals to iconic status, only to then consume their most vulnerable moments.