V. Oaia 2018
“I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
– Henry David Thoreau
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MOMENT 1 2018
MOMENT 2 2018
MOMENT 3 2018
MOMENT 4 2018
MOMENT 5 2018
Oaia Statement
I sit alone in my car in an empty car park, looking at an island I've often observed, yet never through a camera lens. It seems distant, small, and wrapped in cold as the weather closes in. I photograph it in the moments between the rainfall, once...several times. In those instances, I let my focus linger, and in the quiet between the superficial sounds, I find a comfort I didn't know I was longing for. Suddenly, the island appears as if close, large, and warm.
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Punturiero’s photographs feel so raw and moody. In some way Moment 1 and Moment 4 reference Sugimoto's horizon images, but of course the inclusion of the island and the stormy conditions are a clean departure from his concerns. But there are also clear references to Pictorialism that I also find compelling.
LENSCULTURE HOME ‘21 INTERNATIONAL PHOTO PRIZE JUROR
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Rachel Punturiero
rachelpunturiero@gmail.com
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