honorable mention
Dario Verrini france
title
Field Notes
On one level, Field Notes was a physical voyage, an exploration of a foreign country and of new photographic techniques. But this journey became much more. Captured between photographs of the Mexican landscape and architecture I found a series of symbolic self-portraits. Whilst discovering a new terrain in this country I was also unknowingly exploring the landscape of myself.
Sources of tension in my life, un-probed emotions, and my fears and shadows of past experiences are revealed through the subjects I was subconsciously drawn to photograph, as if an exercise in finding and piecing together the different parts of myself.
Dario works with 35mm black & white film, he has made the conscious choice to use analogue tools and techniques to highlight the physical and material properties of photography and to counteract the speed of living.
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entry description
Akin to a scientific self-study, Field Notes depicts my observations on my solo journey through Mexico, using the lens as a tool for self-discovery.On one level, Field Notes was a physical voyage, an exploration of a foreign country and of new photographic techniques. But this journey became much more. Captured between photographs of the Mexican landscape and architecture I found a series of symbolic self-portraits. Whilst discovering a new terrain in this country I was also unknowingly exploring the landscape of myself.
Sources of tension in my life, un-probed emotions, and my fears and shadows of past experiences are revealed through the subjects I was subconsciously drawn to photograph, as if an exercise in finding and piecing together the different parts of myself.
about the photographer
Dario Verrini is an Italian photographer who lives and works in Paris and NYC. He first picked up his father’s camera when he was 15 and has joined School of Visual Arts in NYC to delve deeper into his passion for photography.Dario works with 35mm black & white film, he has made the conscious choice to use analogue tools and techniques to highlight the physical and material properties of photography and to counteract the speed of living.
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