honorable mention
Angela Pons spain
title
Convergences
These photos were taken in the summer of 2019, at which time I had the opportunity to travel to this captivating city and observe this overlapping of anachronistic layers through which the lives of Muscovites flow, and how this series of diverse confluences generate a specific and, in a way, bewitching way of living that, to the observer’s eye, its inhabitants seem to ignore, as they stroll through its streets and avenues, sometimes majestic, sometimes austere.
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entry description
I have always had a great fascination with Moscow as the center of several completely different political and social eras, particularly the Soviet Union and the present time. It is a city where citizens coexist with architectural and urban symbols of the Soviet era in a context in which nothing is the same, but much of the cultural and social heritage of those seventy years remains.These photos were taken in the summer of 2019, at which time I had the opportunity to travel to this captivating city and observe this overlapping of anachronistic layers through which the lives of Muscovites flow, and how this series of diverse confluences generate a specific and, in a way, bewitching way of living that, to the observer’s eye, its inhabitants seem to ignore, as they stroll through its streets and avenues, sometimes majestic, sometimes austere.
about the photographer
As a child in Madrid, Angela was already curious about photography, but it was during her architecture studies that Angela began to show a serious interest. While working in the Netherlands, she began to photograph regularly, experimenting with architectural photography and collage. Later, she worked on the curation of an exhibition on the American photographer Zoe Strauss, where photos of Angela and other photographers were also included. Angela later moved to NYC, where she complemented her training with studies at the ICP and began a more extensive photographic work (Off Broadway, Make Music NYC, film collectives ...) that she continued on her return to Madrid. Angela has been part of several group exhibitions: Photoville (NY), BA Gallery (Berlin), Photoespaña (Madrid), Foley Gallery (NY) or COAM (Madrid), and has received a series of awards for her photographs: OHNY (NY), ND Awards (NY), etc. She is interested in the interaction between individuals and their surrounding built environment.back to gallery