Notes on Eileen Cowin's "I See What You're Saying"

Eileen Cowin discusses her 2002 series of photographs entitled, "I see what you're saying." She bases her work off the line between fact and fiction. Her motive for photography began with her interest in the idea of lying. She notices how we sometimes don't mean what we say, it's insincere, it's a lie. So the title "I see what you're saying" refers to her opinion that we can't trust people by their words, but by the expression we see on their faces as they speak. So, in a sence, you actually do SEE what they're saying. She depicts strong images of sense to make the viewer actually experiencs the scene. And with contrasting images, they're right next to each other, but they make you think of different things, make you feel different things. It creates a sense of mystery, makes the viewer ask themselves what's real and what's not, what's fact and what's fiction, what's the truth, what's a lie?