Zoltan Vancso- Unintended Light

"Unintended Light", a project by Zoltan Vancso, deals with Photography's control over the singular moment. In these snapshots of the world, Vancso involves people in and out of shadows (in and out of light) effecting the Unintended light he focus' on as his primary motivation. Many shots involve both of these circumstances, with people in shadows and the other in light (creating their own shadows. In this way Vancso takes the light that is out of his control, and creates moments that are completely in his control. A concept of order, within a realm of chaos. One shot, departs itself from rest, from the idea of unintended light, and that is the shot of Tokyo, Japan. Most noticeably the sky is riddled with artificial, completely intended lights, over a very urban landscape. All of the other shots are situated in rustic towns or cities, and beaches. Places that are far from the metallic modernity of Tokyo. And in this I believe that Vancso wishes to say something about Nature. By placing these artificial lights in complete contradiction with the name of his project, Vancso says many things about humanity. First of which is that it is moving away from Unintended light, away from the natural. In one photo a Boy is standing in the background shirtless, and in the light, while in the foreground two boys stand clothed one with a digital camera, and most importantly in the shadows. Vancso seems to bemoan technology as becoming further and further away from nature which is what he believes is right, since we are a part of nature. In Vancso’s case, chaos is what makes beauty and this is what he is trying to say with “Unintended Light”. The Order of cities and humanity is artificial, contrived, and controlled; where as the Chaos of nature is free of all of those things. In the image of three people in a city illuminated by sunlight, is where Vancso’s main claim can be seen. The people are lit by Natural light, but simultaneously they can be hidden in the shadows of artificial, human construction. In this photo there is a choice that Vancso poses to those who view it, Between the natural, chaotic, and real And the artificial, ordered, and ultimately fake.