Joana P. Cardozo
DESCRIPTION
A silent piano, scattered cymbals in the music room, eight hats all over the tiny bedroom, high heels in the walking-in closet, faded dead flowers still releasing a sweet smell, toys fighting each other in the basement, crucifixes, fruit-shaped candles, smoke, incense, lace and saints.
“Blueprints” gravitates towards the notion that our home is the reflection of ourselves. Instead of conventional photographic portraiture, in this body of work I reveal the personalities of my subjects by depicting the contents of their homes. I enter. I pick objects. I remove them from their places. I place them in front of a light source. I create a new object. I photograph such creation. I put the object back. The shadow is gone. It is now a photograph.
Diane Arbus once said, “The contents of somebody’s bathroom is like reading their biography.” “Blueprints” do not depict my subjects faces, hands, or likenesses—still, they are a reflection of each person. They are a reverse projection, a negative of the original, an unusual form of portrait. It is indeed like reading their biography, but from the outside in.
AUTHOR
Exhibitions
2017 Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - “Cut/Paste”
2016 Lite-Haus Galerie, Berlin, Germany - “Borderless: In Perspective”
2016 Galeria Oriente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - "Gabinete Contemporâneo de Curiosidades"
2016 Paraty em Foco 12th International Photography Festival, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016 Photoville, Brooklyn, NY - "The Future Perfect"
2016 Artprize, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 International Center of Photography, New York, NY - “The Future Perfect”
2016 Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT - "Optics Illusioned"
2016 Rio II Gallery, New York, NY - "Uptown Arts Review"
2016 A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - "Generations X | RAZZLE DAZZLE"
2015 Filter Space, Chicago, IL – “Abstract”
2015 International Center of Photography, New York, NY - “Tipping Point”
Awards
2016 First Place awarded to Blueprints - Paraty em Foco 12th International Photography Festival, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016 Participant of the 2016 New York Foundation For The Arts (NYFA) Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program
2016-15 Moscow International Photo Awards - Honorable Mention awarded to Blueprints, category Fine Art/Abstract
2015 Juror’s Choice Award granted by Debra Klomp Ching, Co-Owner and Director of Klompching Gallery in New York - Filter Space, Chicago, IL
