While The Kuleshov Effect was theorised in the early 1920s by Lev Kuleshov as a way of differentiating the possibilities of film-making from standard photography, I believe The Kuleshov Effect is highly relevant in photography as well. The theory introduced the idea that the intentional sequencing and interactions of photographs can influence their meaning allowing audiences to derive new interpretations from a secondary image even when the primary hasn't changed. 

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'Lev Kuleshov was a Russian filmmaker who wanted to create a distinction between the various artistic mediums, including cinema, literature, theater, and photography. He was fascinated by the power film editors had to manipulate the emotions of the audience. The question he posed is, “what differentiated cinema from other mediums?” and he believed the answer was how the materials presented were organized. Thus, the Kuleshov effect was born and continues to influence modern filmmaking more than a century later.'

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While this effect was popularised in film, I am interested in exploring it in my own work in photography. Working under the theme of connection, I want to highlight the narratives in which photographs can communicate when sequenced together and how different images connect to one another and to the audience. 

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