honorable mention
Helena Aguilar Mayans spainPhoto © Helena Aguilar Mayans
title
The Visionary
When I discovered this ruin, hidden and beautiful, I though about how someone in the past could have felt when facing this breathtaking building in a middle of a forest, it would feel like a dream or a vision, and from here I started to explore the archetypical idea of being lost in a wood and finding a shelter. But also trying to evoke the desire to discover a long lost treasure in the deep dark woods.
F., the model, is wearing a real antique Edwardian gown.
Photography, art direction and styling by me.
Shot with 120 color film.
Her work constantly sinks on the relationship between nature or ruins and humankind. She feels photography as something magical, alchemical, ... She loves to get lost into the woods and discover abandoned places, her photographies are a gate to other realities. Time, the feminine, loss, decadence, past eras and magic are current themes in her work. Some of her sources of inspiration are the Brontë sisters, the Romantics, the Pre-Raphaelites, the Aesthetes, the Symbolists and the Decadents.
She works with film photography and does the art direction for most of her photo shoots. Her work has been exhibited and published in various national and international media.
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entry description
"The Visionary", November 2019, is an image that was taken during an autumnal passage in search of abandoned remains amidst the woods.When I discovered this ruin, hidden and beautiful, I though about how someone in the past could have felt when facing this breathtaking building in a middle of a forest, it would feel like a dream or a vision, and from here I started to explore the archetypical idea of being lost in a wood and finding a shelter. But also trying to evoke the desire to discover a long lost treasure in the deep dark woods.
F., the model, is wearing a real antique Edwardian gown.
Photography, art direction and styling by me.
Shot with 120 color film.
about the photographer
Helena Aguilar Mayans is a fine art photographer from northern Catalonia. She has a BA in Fine Arts by the University of Barcelona.Her work constantly sinks on the relationship between nature or ruins and humankind. She feels photography as something magical, alchemical, ... She loves to get lost into the woods and discover abandoned places, her photographies are a gate to other realities. Time, the feminine, loss, decadence, past eras and magic are current themes in her work. Some of her sources of inspiration are the Brontë sisters, the Romantics, the Pre-Raphaelites, the Aesthetes, the Symbolists and the Decadents.
She works with film photography and does the art direction for most of her photo shoots. Her work has been exhibited and published in various national and international media.
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