# @aundrelarrow on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@aundrelarrow/video/7683543424271764749
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70691869-aundrelarrow-tiktok
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-09T14:32:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Aundre Larrow (@aundre) — https://gondola.cc/aundre

## Caption

It’s 2013. Vine is making you giggle and Ben Affleck is Batman. It’s 2013. Instagram has a chronological feed and flash mobs are still a thing. It’s 2013 and Childish Gambino’s sophomore album “Because the Internet”, drops accompanied by the film Clapping for the Wrong Reasons. That album has been glued to my ears since, staying in my top ten most listened to albums for 13 years straight. Why? Because, the internet used to be my best friend. As an only child, I was really excited by the idea of connecting with other people. Collapsing a 42-minute train commute with a set of headphones and endless articles, podcasts and videos meant never really being alone. There was always something to laugh at or react to, something to share, or someone to text. The entire world was before me, or at least it felt like it. Gambino’s album and film together examined the role of the audience online, where observers become active participants. The year of its release (2013) was also the year I graduated college, turned 22, moved to New York, and began my switch from audience member to active internet artist? contributor? I used to tell my friends that I would rather be famous than rich, because I deeply believe that the power to influence other people is a gift (and I still secretly believe this). My work is often presenting an everyday person as a celebrity in the hopes that I can quietly tell you, my audience, and loudly tell strangers:   EVERYONE HAS A STORY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO. STOP AND EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY ALL AROUND YOU. Or a bit tamer: please, care for your fellow man. What could be more noble than that? A camera gives me access to lots of people and spaces and no one thinks twice about it. Most subjects assume I’ll put them in their best light and subsequently share more about themselves than they would otherwise. The camera thus becomes a strange reflection, of my desire to be seen and understood muddled with my subjects. Does that mean I’m “Clapping for the Wrong Reasons”? Does it mean I hope you are clapping as well? Maybe. Cover photo by Wesley Verhoeve.  Sign up for my newsletter for more insights, current work, and updates. #newsletter #photographer #becausetheinternet #reflection 

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newsletter, photographer, becausetheinternet, reflection

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