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15.11.2010

Unmasked

unmasked

The winning photograph by David Chancellor has quite a strong subject: a teen girl hunter …

The winning photograph by David Chancellor has quite a strong subject: a teen girl hunter riding a horse and showing her prey: a big dead buck; she’s got pale skin, red hair and an icy and proud stare. Still, this is not plain provocation; the elegant and clean treatment of the image is far from bloody; it reminds of a 19th century formal portrait, one of those paintings that the aristocratic families used to hang in their halls.
But this is just an example. Every single awarded image seems to express a different concept of photographic portrait; there are intimate and familiar pictures, images of social and political impact, fashion shots, and advertising images.
The most interesting aspect is probably the diversity of the situations – from formal commissioned portraits to fine art photography – and of the authors, ranging from photography students to amateur and professional pfotogtaphers.
Each of them describes a different world, filtered through his/her glance and through the choice of a specific photo equipment, a defined point of view and a precise sequence of post-production adjustments. Sometimes, the portrait seems to be nothing but a disguise showing a counterfeit image; sometimes, it manages to unmask the subject, revealing a previously unknown truth.
An interesting meditation on portrait in the time of digital photography. Until February, 20, 2011.

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