honorable mention
Joelle Chmiel switzerland
title
DIS-Integration
The first image shows a double selfportrait. In the en face view the person is half in the shadow, half in the light. Obviously we all do have our shadow side(s). Although in that image the discrepancy or the contrast within the one person is quite significant, what could implicate a "split personality". Similar to image No. 3 with the polarizing character of the person, according to the lithography. The face of the person is hardly visible, but not invisible.
Image No. 1 also could remind of a Hitchcock movie, where as from this point of view, this image could be the introduction to a "horror series". Indeed life sometimes feels like being part of a Hitchcock movie...
The following images show integration in the surrounding, with or without demarcation, smooth transition and merge.
Image No. 4 shows a wave pattern in the air, achieved by using ICM technique. Yet the water ist still. Things are the opposite of the way they should be.
In image No 5. dissolution begins.
(Equipment: Leica M9-P)
In 2014 she got a Leica camera as a gift, which was love at first sight. She was fortunate to attend a private workshop in Paris with Magnum photographer Patrick Zachmann, which helped define her path as a photographer. She also studied with Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak at his Masterclass which was an essential experience in her approach to photography.
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entry description
All the images are selfportraits about mastering the tightrope walk between social integration while maintaining delimitation and integrity in a decreasing slope from No.1 to 5.The first image shows a double selfportrait. In the en face view the person is half in the shadow, half in the light. Obviously we all do have our shadow side(s). Although in that image the discrepancy or the contrast within the one person is quite significant, what could implicate a "split personality". Similar to image No. 3 with the polarizing character of the person, according to the lithography. The face of the person is hardly visible, but not invisible.
Image No. 1 also could remind of a Hitchcock movie, where as from this point of view, this image could be the introduction to a "horror series". Indeed life sometimes feels like being part of a Hitchcock movie...
The following images show integration in the surrounding, with or without demarcation, smooth transition and merge.
Image No. 4 shows a wave pattern in the air, achieved by using ICM technique. Yet the water ist still. Things are the opposite of the way they should be.
In image No 5. dissolution begins.
(Equipment: Leica M9-P)
about the photographer
Joelle Chmiel, born and raised in Zürich, Switzerland, is a self-educated Swiss photographer. She is a visual story-teller, seeking the extraordinary in daily life, that most of us would probably miss.In 2014 she got a Leica camera as a gift, which was love at first sight. She was fortunate to attend a private workshop in Paris with Magnum photographer Patrick Zachmann, which helped define her path as a photographer. She also studied with Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak at his Masterclass which was an essential experience in her approach to photography.
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