Fine Art nominee

The human emotion of fear plays a large part in our day-to-day behaviour and is a key feature of artistic works throughout history. Learning how to capture psychological portraits and understanding how people react when facing their fears was crucial in my approach to ‘’Monumental Fear’’. I selected 9 monuments to present in an abstract way using. This involved detailed research of each monument to help me build a story behind them and to reveal the reasons of their specific locations and presented a challenge in finding a way to have them represented by models in a studio. Seeing as my project is focused on historical events, I knew that using a medium format camera would emphasise the nostalgic feeling I was aiming for. Presenting a group of people as one monument for me symbolises how these people were united in fighting for their freedom. The outlines of 9 monuments were embroidered with red thread across images that I had taken in the studio where models were used to represent an abstract vision of the structures because embroidery has always been a part of Serbian culture.