Fine Art nominee

These series examine the women's place in married life. “NYFES” are bridal depictions where the subjects act as surrealistic hybrid sculptures. Their faces are covered with masks, symbolizing the depersonalization of women by entering married life. Their dreams, expectations and insecurities are hidden below the masks. The household items, which occupy a large part of their everyday life, are transformed into a powerful bridal symbol, the bridal bouquet.
These depictions do not intend to create a fairy tale or to promise happiness. The project “NYFES” stands against old and new stereotypes concerning marriage conventions and the roles that a woman is called upon to deal wit h . All the figures are enigmat ic standi ng in a neutral timeless space, it is the midspace of reality and imagination.

The masks and bridal bouquets are made from scratch by me.

Catherine Chatzdimitriou is a fine art photographer, a distinguished gratuate from the Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts (University of West Attica). Her artworks have been exhibited at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in cooperation with the Photo Industries of New York, at the Benaki Museum for Athens Photo Festival, where she was the curators’ choice for “Talent Lab” and at MOMUS – Museum of Photography for the exhibtion “Young Greek Photographers 2010 - 2018” in cooperation with Hellenic Center of Photography. Her body of work “Nyfes“, has been selected among many other artworks and officially belongs to the permanent collection of Momus- Museum of Photography. Also her artwork “Planet C - Anasynthesis“ was recently joined at the permament collection of MOMUS- Experimental Center of Arts, Thessaloniki. Her works explore the formation of female identity, the imprints of childhood in the present and the meaning of the intermediate. She creates surreal environments and she connects reality with the surreal elements that surround her compositions.