honorable mention
Anka Boychev australia
Photo © Anka Boychev
title
Composition A-12.
Photo taken in 2017 on 4x5 film and using large format camera.
Boychev trained film photography and photography printing techniques at Wroclaw School of Photography Pho-Bos, Academy of Artistic Photography in Wroclaw and Film School Lodz. Inspired by the Bauhaus and Constructivism movements and Polish real avant-garde artists Katarzyna Kobro and Władysław Strzemiński, her works are dominated by geometric forms, shapes, and order. From the initial concept design based on universal rules, the props making and arranging the still life, through the photo shooting on 4x5 film using view camera, to the final stage of making the silver gelatin print on archival paper, her abstract work of art is performed with a thorough precision and engagement at every stage. Being fascinated by the unlimited power of the human mind, in her work she provokes the viewer to recognise more than he sees.
Education:
2006-2007
Film School in Lodz
Department of Photography
2005-2006
Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw
Department of Graphics, Photography and Multimedia
2004-2005
Academy for Artistic Photography AFA
Department of Art and Photography
Wroclaw School of Photography PHO-BOS
Photography
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entry description
A perception is formed somewhere between black and white. What one can see depends a great deal on where he stands and on what sort of person he is. Geometric forms and order dominate my work. Being fascinated by the unlimited power of the human mind, in my work I provoke the viewer to recognize more than he sees.Photo taken in 2017 on 4x5 film and using large format camera.
about the photographer
Anka Boychev is a Polish abstract artist photographer based in Melbourne, Australia.Boychev trained film photography and photography printing techniques at Wroclaw School of Photography Pho-Bos, Academy of Artistic Photography in Wroclaw and Film School Lodz. Inspired by the Bauhaus and Constructivism movements and Polish real avant-garde artists Katarzyna Kobro and Władysław Strzemiński, her works are dominated by geometric forms, shapes, and order. From the initial concept design based on universal rules, the props making and arranging the still life, through the photo shooting on 4x5 film using view camera, to the final stage of making the silver gelatin print on archival paper, her abstract work of art is performed with a thorough precision and engagement at every stage. Being fascinated by the unlimited power of the human mind, in her work she provokes the viewer to recognise more than he sees.
Education:
2006-2007
Film School in Lodz
Department of Photography
2005-2006
Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw
Department of Graphics, Photography and Multimedia
2004-2005
Academy for Artistic Photography AFA
Department of Art and Photography
Wroclaw School of Photography PHO-BOS
Photography
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