honorable mention
Kako Abraham united kingdom
title
Petite Mort
Petite Mort is that brief moment when extreme pleasure and death meet. For an instant, time and space are lost, consciousness disappears, and the pulsing feeling turns into transcendence.
The six pictures that form Kako Abraham’s Petite Mort show various little deaths. They portray intimate moments of erotism, joy and even suffering. In a candid way, these images reveal how pleasure can reach a maximum peak through different means and senses.
It is an exploration of what it means to live and die. And live again.
In 2013, he began studying photography. First he took several courses in Montevideo and then, in 2014, he moved to New York City and studied fashion photography, advertising photography, lighting workshop and studio lighting at the School of Visual Arts. That same year, he returned to Uruguay, co-founded the production company Madhouse and started working as a photographer and retoucher.
Nowadays, he works for fashion brands, advertising companies and media outlets taking pictures of models, celebrities and products according to their needs. He also produces fine art photography. Some of his images has been published in Vogue (Italy), Dark Beauty Magazine (USA), Beautiful Savage (USA), El Observador (Uruguay) and El País (Uruguay).
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entry description
It starts slow. One cell feels the stimuli and awakes. The feeling makes other cells around it to respond. It begins to spread across the body, getting more and more intense. Suddenly, every inch is light up, reacting to every touch. All the senses are on. Everything is blossoming, when -oh- the explosion arrives. The climax is so intense it forces everything to shut down. For a second, the body goes from ecstasy to death.Petite Mort is that brief moment when extreme pleasure and death meet. For an instant, time and space are lost, consciousness disappears, and the pulsing feeling turns into transcendence.
The six pictures that form Kako Abraham’s Petite Mort show various little deaths. They portray intimate moments of erotism, joy and even suffering. In a candid way, these images reveal how pleasure can reach a maximum peak through different means and senses.
It is an exploration of what it means to live and die. And live again.
about the photographer
After studying graphic and web design at Universidad ORT Uruguay, in 2006 he started a career in both fields as a freelancer. He worked for clients from New York, Madrid, Barcelona, Santiago de Chile and Montevideo, with companies, music bands and organizations such as Coca-Cola, Buitres and the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture, respectively.In 2013, he began studying photography. First he took several courses in Montevideo and then, in 2014, he moved to New York City and studied fashion photography, advertising photography, lighting workshop and studio lighting at the School of Visual Arts. That same year, he returned to Uruguay, co-founded the production company Madhouse and started working as a photographer and retoucher.
Nowadays, he works for fashion brands, advertising companies and media outlets taking pictures of models, celebrities and products according to their needs. He also produces fine art photography. Some of his images has been published in Vogue (Italy), Dark Beauty Magazine (USA), Beautiful Savage (USA), El Observador (Uruguay) and El País (Uruguay).
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