Entangled – the Photographic Process as a Tool to Explore Quantum Mechanic

Abstract

In this article, the author described how through the realization of a personal photographic series, he was able to explore and analyze a social phenomenon that has not been explained yet and that could address the way we, humans, have evolved to behave. How can we explain the mechanism that makes us become similar to the people we spend most of our time with? Even the most experimental branches of science have not found yet a way to isolate the question convincingly. While the author is not currently a scientist, the project was built following a scientific method. In the attempt to give depth to the series, which otherwise could just be considered as a curious collection of portraits, the author shared his own point of view on the matter. He wanted to let us get new insight and propose to rethink how quantum entanglement could actually interfere on the very way we perceive reality. Systems of particles as large as the human being are not commonly considered to be affected by the quantum mechanics laws – still the author wanted to bring the viewer to observe how two individuals can create the common shared space and reproduce the common patterns in a way that is apparently regulated by what it seems to be a given set of rules. While it is clear that a project like this will never be able to satisfyingly demonstrate such an intricate and mysterious natural phenomenon, photography lets us focus on details that would not be easy to catch otherwise. Photographers have the ability to shift the way we perceive the world and this is one of the most powerful way to promote change.