honorable mention
Ana Priscila Rodriguez netherlands
Photo © Ana Priscila Rodriguez
title
Dancing with Demons
These series depict the dynamics between us and our internal “demons”. We encounter triggers in our every- day life that could detonate the encounter with these internal entities. These encounters are nothing else but a dance with that substantial part of our being, not a fight, our a demons are here to stay and to teach us sides about ourselves that we need to face, change or let lose in order to achieve a higher level of inspiration and insight about who we are. The dance is not always harmonic, neither easy and it can be at times painful but at the end of every dance there is a sense of truce and a sense of self surrendering to those entities who helped shape us into our very best version of our humanity.
She graduated Cum Laude from the Academy of Fine Arts in Utrecht, The Netherlands in 2006, specializing in Mixed Media and Photography. She also has background studies in History and Graphic Design.
Her collage work explores images from the past, giving vintage material, through a mixture of diverse techniques, a completely new life and energy, all this evoking nostalgic textures and processes. The purpose of her images is to create a relatable shore for the emotional and psychological human experience. Every image is a window to a story using photography as a medium to create visuals attached to a feeling or an emotion. The complexity of the texture in her photographic work creates the illusion of an old oil painting in each of her images, giving a sense of dark melancholy, romance and drama with a tone of classic Baroque. They become eloquent stories and fairytales.
She creates conceptual self portrait photography using a variety of digital techniques and mediums until they lose their contextual shape. For her, transformation is the real act of creating art. To be able to transform my reality into a magical realm where real life collides with dreams and nightmares is what her work is all about.
Her mixed media work builds itself on layers of different materials, this is how she has developed her own technique called “faux tintype”, with this technique she simulates the metallic structure using transparent foil and different chemicals creating a small window to a small story. The result of that story is up to the viewer, it is like filling in the lines but through their experience and sensations. In this way her art becomes a direct line of communication through empathy and imagination.
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entry description
Dancing with demons ,These series depict the dynamics between us and our internal “demons”. We encounter triggers in our every- day life that could detonate the encounter with these internal entities. These encounters are nothing else but a dance with that substantial part of our being, not a fight, our a demons are here to stay and to teach us sides about ourselves that we need to face, change or let lose in order to achieve a higher level of inspiration and insight about who we are. The dance is not always harmonic, neither easy and it can be at times painful but at the end of every dance there is a sense of truce and a sense of self surrendering to those entities who helped shape us into our very best version of our humanity.
about the photographer
Ana Priscila Rodriguez, born 1974 in Mexico City, resides in The Netherlands since 1998.She graduated Cum Laude from the Academy of Fine Arts in Utrecht, The Netherlands in 2006, specializing in Mixed Media and Photography. She also has background studies in History and Graphic Design.
Her collage work explores images from the past, giving vintage material, through a mixture of diverse techniques, a completely new life and energy, all this evoking nostalgic textures and processes. The purpose of her images is to create a relatable shore for the emotional and psychological human experience. Every image is a window to a story using photography as a medium to create visuals attached to a feeling or an emotion. The complexity of the texture in her photographic work creates the illusion of an old oil painting in each of her images, giving a sense of dark melancholy, romance and drama with a tone of classic Baroque. They become eloquent stories and fairytales.
She creates conceptual self portrait photography using a variety of digital techniques and mediums until they lose their contextual shape. For her, transformation is the real act of creating art. To be able to transform my reality into a magical realm where real life collides with dreams and nightmares is what her work is all about.
Her mixed media work builds itself on layers of different materials, this is how she has developed her own technique called “faux tintype”, with this technique she simulates the metallic structure using transparent foil and different chemicals creating a small window to a small story. The result of that story is up to the viewer, it is like filling in the lines but through their experience and sensations. In this way her art becomes a direct line of communication through empathy and imagination.
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