honorable mention
Tania Volobueva italy
title
be my quarantine. Families in self-isolation
During this period I was able to put into practice projects that for years were navigating between my thoughts and my ambitions. One of them led me to rethink the concept of family portrait. One of the first expressions of photography that originated from the portrait commissioned to sculptors since antiquity and to painters, in its most modern sense, since the Renaissance. I found wonderful photos of family portraits during the Spanish flu pandemic of the last century that is where I drew my inspiration from. My idea is to make family portraits through video calls, using simultaneously all the technology and devices that we have available. I enter homes all over the world to photograph through the screens and webcams of computer, tablet and phones of mine and my models’ gadgets, moments of intimacy and everyday life of home life.
Families have changed a lot from Spanish flu to Covid-19. And I think it's important to leave history with a photographic testimony of the moment that has upset our lives and also having a strong impact on relationships.
I received my degree in Graphic Design from the Moscow Institute of Arts and Industry (2008), gaining an advertising design specialization.
Since 2005 I have been working as a graphic designer.
I have studied a course of portrait photography in St. Martin`s University, London in 2009.
In 2013 I recieved my second degree in Photography from Istituto Superiore di Fotografia e Comunicazione Integrata (ISFCI) in Rome, Italy
Since 2013 I live and work as photographer in Milan, Italy where i have founded Phot Studio Milan in 2018.
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entry description
In this difficult moment for the whole world that puts humanity in front of a totally new challenge and for which no one was prepared, each of us should participate through their skills and their ability to support the community in the present, here and now, but with eyes already directed towards the new future that awaits us. To what will come. Some families are apart and many people have found themselves isolated, far from their affections, from their beloved ones. Others, even if reunited, still cannot see their parents, their brothers and sisters, their friends. But many other people are lucky enough to be with those they love and are reunited with them within the four walls of their homes.During this period I was able to put into practice projects that for years were navigating between my thoughts and my ambitions. One of them led me to rethink the concept of family portrait. One of the first expressions of photography that originated from the portrait commissioned to sculptors since antiquity and to painters, in its most modern sense, since the Renaissance. I found wonderful photos of family portraits during the Spanish flu pandemic of the last century that is where I drew my inspiration from. My idea is to make family portraits through video calls, using simultaneously all the technology and devices that we have available. I enter homes all over the world to photograph through the screens and webcams of computer, tablet and phones of mine and my models’ gadgets, moments of intimacy and everyday life of home life.
Families have changed a lot from Spanish flu to Covid-19. And I think it's important to leave history with a photographic testimony of the moment that has upset our lives and also having a strong impact on relationships.
about the photographer
I was born, raised and I studied in Moscow, Russia.I received my degree in Graphic Design from the Moscow Institute of Arts and Industry (2008), gaining an advertising design specialization.
Since 2005 I have been working as a graphic designer.
I have studied a course of portrait photography in St. Martin`s University, London in 2009.
In 2013 I recieved my second degree in Photography from Istituto Superiore di Fotografia e Comunicazione Integrata (ISFCI) in Rome, Italy
Since 2013 I live and work as photographer in Milan, Italy where i have founded Phot Studio Milan in 2018.
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