Maja Strgar Kurecic
Other Worlds (Series)
DESCRIPTION
"Other Worlds" series
In the intimacy of my room I dive deep into the unpredictable, hidden world of colors and liquids. While trying to capture the unstable forms with my camera, I’m searching for Other Worlds. Although in reality these worlds are squeezed in my kitchen bowl, I imagine them as new planets in the vastness of the Universe. For me those photographs represent a search for broader spaces, wider horizons, and a proof that even between the four walls of your room you could travel far with your imagination.
I created these images from water, paint, oil and other liquids that came under my hand. I began experimenting with different liquids and colors, developing a unique process of melting ice blocks and mixing it with oil and water. It has taken two years of perfecting and refining this process to succeed in making these photos. All photos are taken with Canon EOS 6D camera and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens. No processing was used. I used Photoshop only to transfer photos from the raw format.
This is an ongoing project started in 2017.
AUTHOR
Maja Strgar Kurecic is a fine art photographer and an Associate Professor of photography at the Faculty of Graphic Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She has been involved in photography for over 25 years. At the beginning of her career, Maja engaged mostly in advertising and reportage photography. The last few years she devoted to projects that fall within the field of abstract photography. She earned international recognition for her recent projects Other Worlds, Escape Landscapes and Floating Garden that won many international awards. She exhibited photographs on over 50 group and 20 independent exhibitions, held in country and abroad.
Recent awards:
2020. San Francisco Bay International Photography Awards - Silver Award; All About Photo Awards 2020 - Finalist;
MIFA 2020 - Silver in Fine Art Category; 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Award - Winner in the Nature Category; 6th FAPA - Fine Art Photography Awards - 3rd prize winner in Nature Category
2019. TIFA 2019 - Gold Winner in Nature Category; MIFA 2019 - Bronze in Architecture; Chromatic Awards - 2nd place - Silver medal in Abstract Category; ND Photography Awards - 1st place and Gold Star Award in Abstract Category; Minimalist Photography Awards - Abstract Photographer of the Year
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