Vicky Ackx
(untitled) (Single)
DESCRIPTION
Maman.
Statue by Louise Bourgois.
Picture taken in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.
This is a popular meeting point in the area. But I was more interested in the contrast of the bronse statue (which is huge!) of the spider and the fresh beautiful tulips. By the fact of my I ridiculous hard form of arachnophobia, this statue gives me an extremely unpleasent vibe. Yet there is poetry in it, depicting the mother spider carrying her eggs under her belly. Protective.
AUTHOR
When I grew up in Belgium, I played with words to describe the world around me.
Through the years and decades, other countries became a part of me, and so did their languages.
In 2016, we moved to Tokyo.
Suddenly, I lost my ability to communicate.
I became mute, as I speak only a basic level.
I became deaf, as the words that come to me do not make sense.
I became illiterate, as I can not read.
I became the one who does not understand what it all means and how it all connects.
So life put a camera in my hands.
Light became a new line of communication. Light and lines.
Small minimalistic moments but also the big dense city of Tokyo.
Thoughts and things. Colours and monochromes.
Trying to find my voice - still thrown between moods.
I never looked for the perfect picture. The professional approach. Don't ask me about technicalities.
I want to tell my story. As I feel it. And I don't measure the lights in my life.
Currently based in Beijing, China.
- Published in BW Minimalism Magazine, Ed 22.
- Honorable Mention in the class of Fine Art, Monovisions Photography Awards 2020.
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