The Miff Anomaly series' title is an anagram of a remarkable photo exhibition from the 1950s, The Family of Man. All collages are made by Arjan de Nooy of material from the original catalogue accompanying this 1955 exhibition.
The Miff Anomaly is part of Arjan's do Nooy body of work Photology, based on the eponymous book (soon to be published). The title Photology is a merging of photography and logic (of game playing), but of course ‘-logy’ also refers to the study of photography. This work aims to be a photographic overview with new series and alternative theories based on the history and theory of the medium. All work exists of found footage, re-photographed photos, postcards and other appropriated material. By giving this another context, a new meaning — always related to photography itself — is created in de Nooy’s work. Various collages taken from the project will be shown for the first time At UNSEEN 2022