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Dream Dear Dream (Series)
DESCRIPTION
This series explores the concepts of fears and dreams in the twilight, their (unconscious) connection and their fuzzy boundaries. The images take us into a fantasy world of near darkness, blurry definitions and vaguely confused light, in a zone of agitated dreams (sometimes), and of peaceful, if unquiet, sleep. Its characters, all princess-like young women, take us on a journey where our own unconscious roams free... until sunrise, that is. One can then only slow down the disappearance of those blessed moments, the dream moments, the quiet and vaguely smiling, yes those dreams...
AUTHOR
Award-winning photographer Matthieu Zellweger grew up in French-speaking Switzerland.
He gave various conferences and his images have been exhibited a number of times: Owada Gallery (Tokyo, 2017), Book and Press Fair (Geneva, 2014), Gallery of VII photo agency (New York, 2013), Club 44 (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2011), the Geneva Geographical Society (2006, 2009, 2012 and 2014), the Swiss-Japan Circle (2010), the Zurich French-speaking Circle (2008), the Geneva Cultural Service (2007), and the Club of International Relations of Kanazawa (Japan, 2006). They also appeared in various magazines (Le Temps, GEO, NZZ, l'Hebdo, Jeune Afrique, Phosphore, l'Illustré, Animan).
His series called "The Story of Hope" was awarded a Silver Medal at the 2016 Tokyo International Foto Awards. Matthieu Zellweger won the Lancet’s “Highlights - a picture of health” contest in December 2015. He was awarded Photo Philanthropy's Activist Award 2014 for work depicting the plight of AIDS patients in Myanmar. He was nominated an Emerging Photojournalist 2013 by proof.org for his work about asthma in Benin.
Matthieu Zellweger is represented and distributed by Haytham-REA (Paris).
He gave various conferences and his images have been exhibited a number of times: Owada Gallery (Tokyo, 2017), Book and Press Fair (Geneva, 2014), Gallery of VII photo agency (New York, 2013), Club 44 (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2011), the Geneva Geographical Society (2006, 2009, 2012 and 2014), the Swiss-Japan Circle (2010), the Zurich French-speaking Circle (2008), the Geneva Cultural Service (2007), and the Club of International Relations of Kanazawa (Japan, 2006). They also appeared in various magazines (Le Temps, GEO, NZZ, l'Hebdo, Jeune Afrique, Phosphore, l'Illustré, Animan).
His series called "The Story of Hope" was awarded a Silver Medal at the 2016 Tokyo International Foto Awards. Matthieu Zellweger won the Lancet’s “Highlights - a picture of health” contest in December 2015. He was awarded Photo Philanthropy's Activist Award 2014 for work depicting the plight of AIDS patients in Myanmar. He was nominated an Emerging Photojournalist 2013 by proof.org for his work about asthma in Benin.
Matthieu Zellweger is represented and distributed by Haytham-REA (Paris).
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