honorable mention
Silvino González Morales colombia
title
La série de coins (The series of corners)
Photography is both a mirror and a mirage.
Each photography speaks of who is behind the lens as much as it speaks of the subject in front of it. It is a register not only of surfaces, shadows and lights but also of emotions, fears and thoughts.
This series was born with another goal in mind, but over the time (5 years or so) it became more and more related with thoughts about human psyche, dark places inside our minds, and my own mental states.
As a person with functional autism, some OCT and bipolar disorder; for me the labyrinths of the individual and collective mind are a passion.
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entry description
Photography is both a mirror and a mirage.
Each photography speaks of who is behind the lens as much as it speaks of the subject in front of it. It is a register not only of surfaces, shadows and lights but also of emotions, fears and thoughts.
This series was born with another goal in mind, but over the time (5 years or so) it became more and more related with thoughts about human psyche, dark places inside our minds, and my own mental states.
As a person with functional autism, some OCT and bipolar disorder; for me the labyrinths of the individual and collective mind are a passion.
about the photographer
As it is for many my work is cathartic and a declaration of pride about my condition; my art pieces try to talk about my country, our wars, our pain, our dreams, our cultural melting pot and our never ending search for meaning. The other ever-present theme in my work is the concept of role as a cultural creation which has little relationship to human beings and is the fruit of powers in some specific space and time. I don’t believe I create photographs, instead I think I build images using photographic medium and techniques as a part of the process of giving material sensate structure to concepts and ideas. I deeply admire artists able to capture meaningful instants allowing them to stand in time. But as a creator, I see myself more like an artisan, like a designer who plays with ideas, thoughts, cultural values and pressures; who attempts to balance tensions, tones, shapes in the pursuit of visual pieces that are imagistic in their deepest nature, but beyond the act of capture alone.back to gallery