honorable mention
Andres Wertheim
title
The museum's ghosts
It is assumed that when people go to a museum, they carefully observe the paintings and sculptures and thoroughly read the explanatory panels.
But what if the characters portrayed in nearby paintings looked upon visitors while they aren't paying attention, what unusual scenes would we find ?
Through double exposures made in camera I merge in one photoframe both planes of the visible reality - the audience in a museum's room and the portrayed characters on the same room's walls - trying to create a dialogue between them.
When the fusion works, I feel that the spirits of the museum have finally allowed me to see them.
Through these unexpected stories I want to take viewers on a journey of fantasy, a dreamlike dimension where past and present intertwine and at the same time, invite them to rethink their own relationship with museums.
At the age of 22, as I began to develop a passionate interest on photography, I was lucky to meet Horacio Coppola, who had studied at the Bauhaus and became a mentor to me.
Soon after, I moved to Germany and traveled around the globe, documenting with my camera distant places and their inhabitants, striving to seek magic moments.
In both assignments and personal work, through 30 years of experience I developed skills that led me to publish my works on international media.
Lately, I have been focusing my work on conceptual series.
I have been exhibiting my personal projects in museums, fairs and galleries in many countries and some of my works are in public and private collections.
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entry description
The interaction between the artworks in a museum and the public has always fascinated me.It is assumed that when people go to a museum, they carefully observe the paintings and sculptures and thoroughly read the explanatory panels.
But what if the characters portrayed in nearby paintings looked upon visitors while they aren't paying attention, what unusual scenes would we find ?
Through double exposures made in camera I merge in one photoframe both planes of the visible reality - the audience in a museum's room and the portrayed characters on the same room's walls - trying to create a dialogue between them.
When the fusion works, I feel that the spirits of the museum have finally allowed me to see them.
Through these unexpected stories I want to take viewers on a journey of fantasy, a dreamlike dimension where past and present intertwine and at the same time, invite them to rethink their own relationship with museums.
about the photographer
I was born 1962 in Buenos Aires.At the age of 22, as I began to develop a passionate interest on photography, I was lucky to meet Horacio Coppola, who had studied at the Bauhaus and became a mentor to me.
Soon after, I moved to Germany and traveled around the globe, documenting with my camera distant places and their inhabitants, striving to seek magic moments.
In both assignments and personal work, through 30 years of experience I developed skills that led me to publish my works on international media.
Lately, I have been focusing my work on conceptual series.
I have been exhibiting my personal projects in museums, fairs and galleries in many countries and some of my works are in public and private collections.
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