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Lost In Time (Series)
DESCRIPTION
This series was shot as part of an ongoing personal project, in collaboration with a local museum in Gloucestershire, UK. These tropical butterflies were collected, preserved and donated to the museum in the mid-20th Century, but have never actually been displayed. Instead, their vividly coloured and intricately patterned bodies were shut inside a wooden box and placed on a shelf in the museum stores, where they have remained for decades. Through creative lighting techniques, these images seek to portray the strange stasis that these butterflies have been trapped within - protected from the normal passing of Time and the decay and destruction it brings to all living things. Preserved in darkness.
AUTHOR
Theo Deproost’s fine-art work displays a clear and unifying objective - to nurture a more exploratory, imaginative and gratifying approach to viewing the world around us; probing the liminal space between art, documentation and education. When producing photographic work, Deproost strives to combine a high level of technical ability with an inquisitive creativity that was nurtured during his studies and subsequent career.
+ Solo exhibition, Re:Collect, at Museum of the Home, 2022
+ Nominated for Fine Art Photography Awards, 2022
+ Winner of Honourable Mention, International Photography Awards (IPA), 2021
+ Winner of Honourable Mention, International Photography Awards (IPA), 2020
+ Winner of Honourable Mention, Paris Photo Prize, 2020
+ Solo exhibition, Lost In Time, at Museum In The Park, 2020
+ Featured in Good On Paper, September Issue, 2020
+ Featured in Paper Journal, April, 2020
+ Featured in British Journal of Photography, March Issue, 2020
+ Solo exhibition, Re:Collect, at Museum of the Home, 2022
+ Nominated for Fine Art Photography Awards, 2022
+ Winner of Honourable Mention, International Photography Awards (IPA), 2021
+ Winner of Honourable Mention, International Photography Awards (IPA), 2020
+ Winner of Honourable Mention, Paris Photo Prize, 2020
+ Solo exhibition, Lost In Time, at Museum In The Park, 2020
+ Featured in Good On Paper, September Issue, 2020
+ Featured in Paper Journal, April, 2020
+ Featured in British Journal of Photography, March Issue, 2020
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