Image refusal
The concern is broader than camera shyness. The work treats mirrors, photographs, video calls and synthetic images as feedback systems capable of narrowing a person into a visual object and returning that object to them as though it were complete.
The Unmirror
The Unmirror literalizes an alternative: computer vision can inspect the user, but the interface refuses to display the user's image. Information comes back through sound or guidance rather than a reflected face.
Synthetic images
The cluster also develops alongside concern about training data, deepfakes and images detached from the consent or continued presence of their subject.
Photography
Later photographic practice makes the problem more interesting rather than obsolete. Image-making becomes a question of responsibility: what can a camera notice or preserve without pretending that capture equals possession?