سال هاست گربه بچه به دندان را مصداق کارهای هنری خودم می دانم از این گالری به آن گالری آثاری را عرضه کرده ام و هر بار هراس از دست دادن گروهی از مردم مرا آزرده است این نگرانی تا بدانجا پیش رفت که در یکی از پروژه ها (فتوسوفی)، سوژه و مخاطب را بر یکدیگر پیوند زدم و البته همچنان به دوربین عکاسی و سنت های عکاسانه، که سال هاست دلبسته آنم، پایبند باقی ماندم در آخرین پرسه هنری خودم، آن سوی دنیا، در هارلم نیویورک، به سراغ افرادی رفتم که راه آمدن به گالری ها را نمی دانند و یا ورودی نمایشگاه ها به اندازه کافی برای ایشان فراخ نیست این بار و به انتخاب خودم اثر هنری را با ایشان به گفتگو نشستم رهگذر ثبت لحظه مکاشفه اثر هنری با مخاطب، خارج از تکلف گالری و موزه است کیمیا رهگذار مرداد ۱۳۹۲
For years now, I've been carrying my art around with me from one gallery to the next, like a cat carrying her kittens. And each time, I suffer from the fear of alienating one group or another. This anxiousness leads me to start a project where the audience and the subject unite (Photosophy), all the while remaining faithful to the camera and the traditional photographic techniques that I have been so very devoted to throughout my years working as a photographer. My latest artistic prowls took place all the way across the world in Harlem, New York. There, I sought out people who weren't familiar with or couldn't find their way to galleries. Or, maybe, the entrance to the galleries wasn't as wide as they would have liked them to be. It is for these reasons that I decided to bring the artwork to the people -- to engage them in a discussion about how they felt and what they saw the moment the artwork was presented to them. This is how Passerby was born. The Passerby is a documentation of this precious moment, the moment when art is removed from the confines of traditional art spaces and becomes one with the people. Kimia Rahgozar August 2013
