Fakery and text- Sophie calle

Ive always been a fan of sophie calle and her use of text and imagery. Her work has heavily influenced other projects of mine. Her book entited 'true stories' is a great guide to my current work.The True Stories project blurs the boundaries between truth and the made-up in a series of autobiographical text-image pairings, depicting such events as Calle’s disturbing turn as a life model whose drawn image is slashed with razor blades; her various weddings and almost-weddings; and her progress from privileged adolescence to heavily-documented adulthood with the accompanying threats of plastic surgery, negotiating sexuality and meeting fans. Perhaps, then, it is for her extensions of the photographic away from objectivity and into the subjective and fictive realms, as well as for exploring photography’s relationship with text. I like the way calle depicts her images as well as the way that she uses text, as well as suggestive imagery to suggest truth when actually the images are staged or lies.