Ambivalence

Ambivalence is a project dealing directly with the ambivalent feelings many of us hold towards smoking. Documentative pictures from the exhibition at Östra Grevie can be seen below.

As you open the door to the exhibiting area, smoke pours out through the opening. The smoke makes it difficult to breathe properly, and the sight is at first very limited. The smell of cigarette smoke and old ashtrays are overwhelming. A women sits quietly on a bench. She smokes cigarette after cigarette. The smoke from her cigarette immediately integrates with and disappeares within the thick smoke which is filling the room. As you turn around, photos emerge one the rear wall. The photos are clear, beatiful and has an air of romance to them. After a while, however, you realize that their subject might not be that charming. Butts, nicotin and filters. That's what the pictures display.

Photographer: Lisa Angbäck