honorable mention
Anna Dobrovolskaya-Mints united kingdom
title
Somewhere to Swim
Photographer Anna Dobrovolskaya-Mints confronts this phenomenon in her provocative study, ‘Somewhere to Swim’. By eliminating people from her photographs, her unnerving images tell the story of a life once lived, quick forgotten. She points her lens at the vacant public spaces and exposes the breach in familiarity. Her photographs force the viewer to reckon with the very thing humans work tirelessly to avoid; that the world exists without us.
Text & curation: Cheryl Newman
Please kindly note, there is much more photos in a final selection. We cannot upload more because of the image limit in submission form. We will be happy to provide you with all the photos upon a request.
London, UK.
Studied at The Rodchenko Art School (Moscow), graduated from MGIMO university.
Anna is a member of numerous group exhibitions in Russia, including “Best of Russia”, “Silver Camera”, and Foto Mix Fight at the Gallery of Classic Photography (Moscow).
Participant of various charity auctions and campaigns, including "100 PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR BERGAMO"project, the auction of the Sozidanie charity foundation. Participant of the international photography art fairs.
The photographer is the actual partner for the Swiss camera manufacturer ALPA of Switzerland.
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entry description
Sigmund Freud wrote that “the uncanny arouses dread and creeping horror”. That dread is largely caused by something once familiar becoming changed in an immeasurable way. See: a childhood home with someone else’s furniture. Or seeing your grandmother without her glasses for the first time. Or maybe a blue tiled swimming pool. Just like the one we visited on our holidays. Except, empty. Desolate. Void.Photographer Anna Dobrovolskaya-Mints confronts this phenomenon in her provocative study, ‘Somewhere to Swim’. By eliminating people from her photographs, her unnerving images tell the story of a life once lived, quick forgotten. She points her lens at the vacant public spaces and exposes the breach in familiarity. Her photographs force the viewer to reckon with the very thing humans work tirelessly to avoid; that the world exists without us.
Text & curation: Cheryl Newman
Please kindly note, there is much more photos in a final selection. We cannot upload more because of the image limit in submission form. We will be happy to provide you with all the photos upon a request.
about the photographer
Photographer and contemporary artist.London, UK.
Studied at The Rodchenko Art School (Moscow), graduated from MGIMO university.
Anna is a member of numerous group exhibitions in Russia, including “Best of Russia”, “Silver Camera”, and Foto Mix Fight at the Gallery of Classic Photography (Moscow).
Participant of various charity auctions and campaigns, including "100 PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR BERGAMO"project, the auction of the Sozidanie charity foundation. Participant of the international photography art fairs.
The photographer is the actual partner for the Swiss camera manufacturer ALPA of Switzerland.
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