Over the course of
five months Natasha Caruana went on thirty one dates, never really
being able to take more than a couple of images at a time to ensure her
married dinner date did not get suspicious. This series is a final edit
from around eighty images, representing these encounters.
The
imagery is created using a disposable camera. This use of the snapshot
connotes a sense of something being recorded that shouldn't be seen,
hurried moments of an unfinished meal, an empty seat or an obvious
gesture of anticipation. Caruana required the images to represent a
poetic realism, not wanting the shots to be too formally constructed;
allowing them to be loose and be true to the essence of the captured
scene.