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In this series of photographs I am interested in the intersection of the real world and illusion. I am photographing people in situations where their communication worlds have become virtual experiences, where only a fine line separates the real from the surreal. The young women interact with books either in their traditional printed form, digital formats or in their dismembered state. I incorporate other writing systems such as tattoos, symbols, letters, numbers, words and g

Looking at Karin Hillmer’s photographs will require you to slow down and look closer. Take your time. Relax. These photographs can speak to you, if you let them, for each image is a story in itself. Tim Anderson, Publisher/Editor of Camera Arts Magazine, Jan/Feb 2007.  The process of creation represents a journey, a journey into my mind that can take me across different states in life and all the way back to childhood. Symbols which were created along the path of life, return

In this series of photographs, a small piece of jewelry, a pendant in the shape of a small doll, becomes a surrogate for the human figure. The object and its environment are staged in a really small world in my studio. The images in this series reconcile fantasy, dreams, memory and experience in a form of virtual reality where the distinctions between the real and the fantastic are blurred. In my conceptualist practice, I weave my personal enigmatic imagery and riddles into s