honorable mention
Benjamin Briones Grandi chile
title
Detraídos
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entry description
Detraído means subtracted or stolen in Spanish. More and more often we leave our everyday lives to get immersed in nature, getting subtracted from our reality. It has become a common practice of modern society. We could argue that it is our need to reconnect with nature since we live in big cities that do not allow us to be in direct contact with the natural world. Nevertheless, even though I think that is true, it also has a deeper dark side to it. Why is it that we need to escape, what is so unbearable of our lives? Wouldn’t it be easier to find a way to be happy where and how we are instead of escaping? This series raises these questions for the viewer; maybe the answer lies within us, without leaving our homes, and we make it harder than it is. Far from being a heroic portrait of our relation with the natural environment, it is instead about the harshness we go through just to find ourselves somehow. The images were taken in Chillán, Chile. These mountains host many people in the southern hemisphere winter, even though it is one of the most active volcanoes of the country.about the photographer
Chilean Photographer based in Santiago. Continuously seeking for natural beauty in simplicity. I consider every photo as an undeserved gift: to be able to capture the beauty of a single moment and share it so hopefully the life of many is improved.back to gallery