{"id":1695,"date":"2026-11-06T12:56:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T12:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robcarter.org\/?page_id=1695"},"modified":"2026-11-06T13:33:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:33:01","slug":"terjeandi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robcarter.org\/index.php\/terjeandi\/","title":{"rendered":"Terje and I have a disagreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-3t6xt7-9fcc117c063ae54b2cfa6a823138290f av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-m839e1cc-ddbae1e9372f334ea30f04cc35d569f0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Terje and I have a disagreement<br \/>\nRiso printed essay, 2023<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-msz2l6r8-6d313dfa2570755f49987902d06662cc\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-msz2l6r8-6d313dfa2570755f49987902d06662cc{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-msz2l6r8-6d313dfa2570755f49987902d06662cc hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m839oakz-d5038a6f74ed97af4dfeaaee3e3cd3da '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><em>Terje and I have a disagreement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our disagreement is all to do with story and context. Terje argues for a photograph that can carry its own meaning, in between the viewer and the image, an impression is formed. This is, I believe (or have chosen to misunderstand), one approach to so called \u2018fine art photography\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>But photography is not a fine art I hear someone from the back of the room clamouring*, it is asocial contract. A social witness bearing. Or as Terje reminds me &#8211; it is the light bouncing of athing and then a record of that light bouncing off that thing. So what do we have light bouncing off here? A watermelon. Devoured by insects. An impotent lamp post. A woman in a bikini with egg shells on her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Terje and I have a disagreement.<\/p>\n<p><em>The disagreement is this. I need to know what is going on behind the images. The photographs area veil obscuring the truth. I want story, meaning and context. I want history. I need to know where every image was taken, and the prologue leading up to it. I need to know what he had for breakfast (those eggs actually) and where he slept the night before (in the sunbather\u2019s sisters hotelif you must). I need to know if Terje ever showed the model his photo (soon)&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/robcarter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/TerjeandI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-msz2kn19-28fe928a241efa89b91213432b9fb9a2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Text commissioned for Terje Abusdal&#8217;s exhibition <em>ITAKA\u00a0<\/em>at Buskerud Kunstsenter<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Printed by Blekksprut&#8217;n in Oslo, edition of 100<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-63yem3-41c63014ca4d80a1cc654a0f4b80632c av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mw4zfhzd-8128b0e8a07ed54c0cd7fd103e914831\">\n@keyframes av_boxShadowEffect_av-mw4zfhzd-8128b0e8a07ed54c0cd7fd103e914831 {\n0%   { box-shadow:  0 0 0 0 #00d126; 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