1st place
gold star award
Sandra Cattaneo Adorno
italy 
title
Ten Years
The photographs investigate the photographer’s experience of being displaced and living in different countries, as pictures of people taken in various locations melt into one another in a continuous circle through to the accordion shape of the book. This format allows Ten Years to increasingly transpose the viewers into a dimension of magic through the use of golden metallic ink. This innovative technique evokes Cattaneo Adorno’s memories of carnival dancers in her native city of Rio de Janeiro, whose bodies covered in gold paint represent a celebration of life. By inverting some of the images to make them look like photographic negatives, the artist offers another perspective on reality, as hidden details come to light and the viewers are invited to question what they are seeing.
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entry description
Ten Years is a celebration of Sandra Cattaneo Adorno’s decade of photography, which started when the artist turned sixty years old. Guided by a profound sense of curiosity, Cattaneo Adorno pairs insight and playfulness to reflect on perception and personal memories in the images of the project, which features in an exhibition in Venice (currently at Palazzo Bembo, until the 24th November 2024) and in a book by Radius Books.The photographs investigate the photographer’s experience of being displaced and living in different countries, as pictures of people taken in various locations melt into one another in a continuous circle through to the accordion shape of the book. This format allows Ten Years to increasingly transpose the viewers into a dimension of magic through the use of golden metallic ink. This innovative technique evokes Cattaneo Adorno’s memories of carnival dancers in her native city of Rio de Janeiro, whose bodies covered in gold paint represent a celebration of life. By inverting some of the images to make them look like photographic negatives, the artist offers another perspective on reality, as hidden details come to light and the viewers are invited to question what they are seeing.
about the photographer
Sandra Cattaneo Adorno started photographing in 2013, at the age of 60, and has continuously been thrilled by the possibilities of interacting with the world photography has offered her. Sandra's work has been exhibited in festivals worldwide and has taken part in numerous festivals. She is the other of three books with Radius Books and has recently exhibited her work in conjunction with the Venice Biennale.back to gallery
