Fine Art nominee

My Ophelia lies in an apparent suspension of space and time, a life packaging that does not contemplate any type of separate collection for emotions, feelings, aspirations, joys, pains and regrets of a life that is too short or too long, full or empty. Ophelia & Me photographs precariousness, consumption and waste. Waste and food refusal are human inventions, they do not exist in nature and their quantity is greater the greater the degree of social and economic development of our societies. Ophelia interprets for me the best representation of our time and I use the metaphor as an expressive language. With a disenchanted eye I admire my transfigured body, wrapped in plastic and waste. I think of today's humanity which, anchoring itself to deflated rubber boats, remains prisoner in a suspended time, flowing towards uncertain horizons. I tell this trap with that invasive wave of plastic that is dragging us into the deep and dark waters, where humanity struggles to float. I welcome hope: it is in Ophelia's hand that she clings to Nature, holding the flowers in her fingers. She will still be Mother Nature to make us rediscover the value of just coexistence, which will redeem our future.

Silvia Gaffurini is a conceptual artist photographer and restorer of ancient works of art. Through the self-portrait and the art of the past she places herself as an interpreter of a message, comparing the ancient world and contemporary visions, on themes that concern the delicate balance between Humanity and the Environment, between the vulnerability of Art and its conservation, extending the gaze towards visions and interpretations of female feelings. Source of inspiration are artist photographers such as Cindy Sherman, Hannah Hoch, Madame Yevonde. In 2014 her first solo exhibition at the Mia Photo Fair in Milan, Italy. In 2015 she exhibits for Expo project at Mia Photo Fair in Milan, Italy, In the same year she exhibited in collective at the Parisian fair Fotofever. In 2018 she exhibited Mia Photo Fair with Galleria Glenda Cinquegrana Art Consulting, Milan, Italy. Since 2018 she has been part of the permanent collection of the Musinf self-portrait museum in Senigallia, Italy. In 2019 she exhibits at the BresciaPhotoFestival at the Museum of S. Giulia, Brescia, Italy. Her works have been selected in exhibition events of private galleries and her works are part of private collections.