Rear window: artistic constraint in action.
This project is a simple but revealing demonstration of artistic constraint in action.
By committing myself to a vintage, single‑focal‑length lens from the 1960s, I adopted an OUxPO‑inspired framework that transformed an ordinary situation into a site of creative inquiry.
The lens’s fixed perspective and distinctive optical character imposed a deliberate limitation, yet it proved to be an ideal match for the subject before me. Instead of seeking variety, I attended closely to what the lens allowed me to see, shifting my focus from choice to observation, from abundance to precision.
Working within this constraint made every detail matter.
The project shows how even the most modest limitation can generate unexpected possibilities, encouraging a slower, more attentive way of seeing.
It is a reminder that constraint is not a restriction but a method: one that reveals richness in the everyday and turns a simple exercise into a genuine creative encounter.
