honorable mention
Lucas Dragone belgium
Photo © Lucas Dragone
title
Gotipua Fading Away
Documenting Perforing Arts is like working on a theme as important as climat change, a process that seems inexorable, but dealing with a human knowledge that is disappearing. The roots of traditional theater are fading away, young generations are not eager to spend 10 years learning a movement, a dance.
Dragone's photographic work often explores themes of identity, culture, and ritual. His lens captures the elegance of movement, the mystery of performance, and the quiet dignity of his subjects. He has traveled extensively, often immersing himself in the lives and traditions of those he photographs. This anthropological curiosity is a hallmark of his style, his work invites the viewer into a world that is at once foreign and familiar, where the boundaries between observer and observed dissolve.
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entry description
For centuries, Gotipua has been performed, in Orissa India, by boys who dress up as girl. This art is fading away, some teachers are disappearing others resign... Because the first problem is the disaffection of the audience who is attracted by other things and when the artist has no audience, he die, his art die. This photo is part of a long-term research and archival work, to reflect a diversity in performing arts that is disappearing.Documenting Perforing Arts is like working on a theme as important as climat change, a process that seems inexorable, but dealing with a human knowledge that is disappearing. The roots of traditional theater are fading away, young generations are not eager to spend 10 years learning a movement, a dance.
about the photographer
Lucas Dragone (b. 1981) is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning photographer whose work traverses the boundary between the poetic and the documentary, the intimate and the universal. His journey into the visual arts is deeply rooted in a rich background in performance, theatre, and human connection, an evolution that speaks to a lifelong quest to understand and portray the complexities of the human condition.Dragone's photographic work often explores themes of identity, culture, and ritual. His lens captures the elegance of movement, the mystery of performance, and the quiet dignity of his subjects. He has traveled extensively, often immersing himself in the lives and traditions of those he photographs. This anthropological curiosity is a hallmark of his style, his work invites the viewer into a world that is at once foreign and familiar, where the boundaries between observer and observed dissolve.
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