An opening reception celebrated the remarkable artwork by Albert ’26.
Artist’s Statement: A camera is designed to capture light through a mechanical shutter, depicting a moment in time. Yet, every photograph is also an act of exclusion. When you choose to frame an image, you are also choosing to leave something out. This series asks what happens when imagery is manipulated to serve a certain agenda before it reaches the people. With this work, I aim to challenge notions of believability, trust, and truthfulness in the media through photography. Can we tell when photographs in the news have been staged or altered to promote a particular agenda? Are images from a film set discernible from those captured in an actual war zone? What happens when photographs from war are curated, edited, and disseminated to promote a particular point of view? To create this portfolio of images, I visited a film set in China to photograph a fictional war; then went to Israel to document scenes from an actual war zone; and finally, I traveled to Iran, a country in turmoil and now at war with the United States. Growing up between Hong Kong, China, and America, I became aware of the veil of misinformation that covers many cultures. I chose to leave the individual photos in this exhibit untitled to underscore my thematic concept and further confuse the viewer. I hope to encourage viewers to question what they see or hear in the world around them. -Albert Yuk, ’26