honorable mention
Joelle Chmiel switzerland
title
Transcendence
I seek to push the viewer beyond a literal interpretation of a subject into the realm of emotion and perhaps understanding, by breaking up the ordinary limitation of the original mindset, leading to a new experience of the concept, individually formed by the viewer himself.
The series contains adult content which won't be classified as such, because it's kept latent or subconscious. The visible reality is only a distortion of the actual aesthetics of stealth.
All photographs were shot with Leica camera (Leica M9-P and Leica M Typ 240).
In 2014 she got a Leica camera as a gift, which was love at first sight. She was fortunate to attend a private workshop in Paris with Magnum photographer Patrick Zachmann, which helped define her path as a photographer. She also studied with Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak at his Masterclass which was an essential experience in her approach to photography.
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entry description
The series is about experiencing scenes or objects from daily life in a transcendental way and juxtaposing them in tableaus that rise above their literal context in order to communicate the mystery I see in the world.I seek to push the viewer beyond a literal interpretation of a subject into the realm of emotion and perhaps understanding, by breaking up the ordinary limitation of the original mindset, leading to a new experience of the concept, individually formed by the viewer himself.
The series contains adult content which won't be classified as such, because it's kept latent or subconscious. The visible reality is only a distortion of the actual aesthetics of stealth.
All photographs were shot with Leica camera (Leica M9-P and Leica M Typ 240).
about the photographer
Joelle Chmiel, born and raised in Zürich, Switzerland, is a self-educated Swiss photographer. She is a visual story-teller, seeking the extraordinary in daily life, that most of us would probably miss.In 2014 she got a Leica camera as a gift, which was love at first sight. She was fortunate to attend a private workshop in Paris with Magnum photographer Patrick Zachmann, which helped define her path as a photographer. She also studied with Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak at his Masterclass which was an essential experience in her approach to photography.
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