Artist
Oscar Scott Carl
My name is Oscar Scott Carl, i’m 26 years old. I finished my bachelor programme in photojournalism in April 2021 at DMJX in Aarhus, Denmark. Photography is for me an exploration of the question why? Through photography I try to understand and comprehend. I believe that my pictures are visual footsteps in my search for understanding of the constant transitions in life. I document transitions to comprehend. I often find myself capturing quiet intimate moments in both human relations and on my own. I do not necessarily feel the need to shout, but I do believe in photography as an important part of understanding the world around us.
Nanna
In early June I sat on a plane 10.000 meter above sea level. I was on my way to visit my grandma in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A few days earlier I got the message that she was rushed to hospital undergoing surgery. The doctors said it was cancer.
My project “Nanna” is a document of the following three weeks. A time of uncertainty, disbelief and tears, but also laughter and meaningfulness. The following time was also an exploration of how my relationship to my father changed at the same time as his relationship to his mother was changing. I was no longer only my fathers son, but a trusted adult. And my father was no longer his mothers son, but also her caretaker, and confidential.
Even though the project was made as a way of letting go and remembering my grandma, as it unfolded it turned out to be much more about life than death. “Nanna” is about the lived life both in terms of themes, and in terms of the details in the pictures: Human relations and nature.
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