Mário Nogueira

Suspected Relations

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A photography collection

Suspected Relations explores the connections that can emerge between two objects simply because they happen to share the same space at a particular moment. A symmetry, an opposition, a contrast, or a shape that seems to continue from one object into another can suddenly establish a relationship that might otherwise go unnoticed.

These relationships are rarely inherent to the objects themselves. They emerge from coincidence — from the way things happen to be positioned in space, from the moment in which I encounter them, and from the particular point of view through which I see them. A small shift in perspective, or a moment later, and the connection might disappear entirely.

I'm fascinated by this kind of visual association, where unrelated elements seem to interact, complement, or contradict one another. By framing them together, I try to capture these fleeting relationships and turn a chance encounter into a composition that suggests a connection, leaving its interpretation open to the viewer.

The photographs were collected between 2007 and 2018, using various digital cameras, mobile phones, and medium and large format film cameras.

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