The series of photographs Suspended Disbelief is a profound questioning of the boundary between reality and its representation. It showcases images of things that imitate reality, physical surrogates that help create and maintain an illusion of truth, objects such as a fake-branded handbag, plastic swan, dyed hair and synthetic nails. These items obviously matter a lot, to the point that people are willing to simulate and fake them; if the real thing is not available for one reason or another, the representation of it is good enough. By addressing such significant and fundamental issues, i.e. the desire for material goods (that one cannot afford) or bodily features (that one does not have or did not develop), Babnik tackles the very essence of the dominant societal and political discourses of today. If the modern age has enabled people to live longer, better and more comfortable lives, at least statistically, it has also brought about endless desires and needs to have more of everything. In the world, shaped by visual representations and mediated images, photography is one of the central tools of arousing and feeding a desire to possess and to belong, and in order to achieve such a persuasive effect, it has to manipulate, embellish, idealise and mystify. In a world oversaturated with images and information, it seems that everything is about representation and perception, which is as relevant and valuable as the reality itself.