Cristiano Volk
Laissez-faire (Series)
DESCRIPTION
Laissez-faire (literally "let do" in French) is a photographic project inspired by the principle proper to economic liberalism, favorable to the non-intervention of the state in the economic system; according to this theory, the selfish action of the individual citizen, in the search for his own well-being, would in fact be sufficient to guarantee the economic prosperity of the whole society. There is a clear trend in the third millennium that conservative politicians and economists have recently chosen the term 'free market capitalism' to define laissez-faire.
It is a photographic journey that tells the story of today's society, through the eyes of an investigating target, which reveals hidden worlds where the transgression within discos and the illusory dreams of a society linked to fiction make us want what is often superficial.
AUTHOR
Biography: Cristiano Volk is an Italian photographer who lives and works in a small town called Staranzano in northeastern Italy.
In April 2019 his first book Sinking Stone was published by Witty Books and, at the end of the same year, it was selected by the American Suburb X magazine among the best photographic books of 2019.
The following year his second book Mélaina Cholé was published by the American publishing house Yoffy Press.
Awards:
2020 PhotoVisa Photobook contest, Shortlisted with Mélaina Cholé
2020 Singapore International Photography Festival, Shortlisted in Photobook category with Mélaina Cholé
2020 Marco Pesaresi Award: Finalist
2020 Schiedam Photo festival, call “Transitions”
2020 Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards PORTRAIT PRIZE, Finalist
2020 COMBAT Prize, Finalist
2020 FRESH EYES by GUP MAGAZINE, Best 100 Emerging Photography Talent from Europe
2019 Best book 2019, American Suburb X list
2018 #Fotoroomopen / Jest edition, special mention
2018 FUAM Dummy Book Award, Shortlisted
2018 SELF PUBLISH RIGA Dummy Contest, Shortlisted
2017 Slideluck Gazebook Jason Fulford Award, Winner
Exhibitions:
2020 Combat Prize, Giovanni Fattori Civic Museum, Livorno
2020 Fresh Eyes Photo Fair, Westergas, Amsterdam
2020 Fotofestival Schiedam
2020 KLPA Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards, ILHAM gallery
2017 Slideluck Gazebook, Punta Secca
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