Nudes nominee

Initially, this picture was made in studio with a friend in Montréal. I used soft focus lens on a digital camera. During the COVID-19 (2020), I begin to make wet plate collodion at home. It was difficult to receive model at home for my art project. My plan was to link ancient processes with today's technology. So I installed a bellows camera in front of a computer to make wet collodion representations of my digital photos. I wanted to revisit previous productions and recontextualize, to reinterpret my favourite ones. The result turned out to be so interesting that I made a series.

This wet plate (5x7 inches) was built with an Eastman Kodak 2D (1921) with a Hermagis No. 7, 210 mm, f3.4 (1907).

Francis O’Shaughnessy is an artist-researcher in the field of visual arts. His research focuses on dreams. He opts for visual poetry: an artistic ceremony that aims at the conception of the poem as a photographic event. His work highlights poetic images that express inner resonances; compositions that awaken imaginative discourse. He has presented his work in Canada, France, Colombia, Latvia, Mexique, Chili, Italy, Lettonie and Cuba. His photographs have been selected for the National Audacity Award (France, 2013), have received the Originality of Vision distinction (Montréal, 2015), and a special mention from the ForCGal Foundation, (Québec, 2015). His visual research is housed in several private and public collections. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Laval University, a Master’s Degree from UQAC, and a Doctor (Ph.D.) of Arts Studies and Practices from UQAM. He lives and works in Montreal (Canada).