Culture
PhotoSchweiz 2020 – Retrospective Kaleidoskope
Creativity is one of those gifts that we all possess, sometimes to the extent that we don’t even realize it. We all feel the need to be artistically ‘engaged’ in one way or the other. Why? Because it is a most authentic means of self-expression, let alone the pure joy and liberation it conveys. It is the ultimate freedom.
Even the most pragmatic daredevil with a mathematical mindset, locked inside the most rigid formulas, can trigger his or her creativity in ways he or she never even thought to be possible. Creativity is coded inside each of us, we just need to exploit its treasures more often, providing more opportunities for its legitimacy.
‘Art in Salt’
‘Art in Salt’ photographer Ann Luttinger – photo taken by Vivamost at Photo Schweiz
Ann Luttinger’s choice of unusual scenery results in unique interplays between weather, sky and mountains. Her fascinating photos displaying fragments from the salt plains of Uyuni, resemble huge canvases.
Photos in the first row are from the photographer Ann Luttinger – photo was taken by Vivamost at PhotoSchweiz
‘Brushed’
‘Brushed’
photographer Celina Martinez Canavate Souviron – photo taken by Vivamost at PhotoSchweiz
Celina Martinez Canavate Souviron’s series of photos explore the element of
water. The compositions resemble the work of art of a painter rather than a photographer. It is this unique capacity of forging reality and recreating it in an artistically legitimized plagiarism is what makes photography so tempting to many of us.
‘Neon’, the digital print on reality
‘Neon’, the digital print on reality – photographer Pedro Blas – photo taken by Vivamost at PhotoSchweiz
Pedro Blas, a Spanish Venezuelan artist, is a graphic designer, painter and photographer who uses digital technology as a form of artistic expression. The focus is on the Neon lights of the Art Deco buildings in Miami Beach. The photographic material bears the interference of the digital sphere, where colors are shaped into an exquisite luminous composition.
photographer Jean-Vincent Simonet – photo taken by Vivamost at PhotoSchweiz
credits Jean-Vincent Simonet PhotoSchweiz
The artist prints his images on plastic paper and while the ink is still not entirely dry, he uses chemicals in order to transfigure the surface of the prints. The result is a collage of fluid decors, an exuberance of colors, a blurred scene that taunts and lures the viewer.
