amateur category
Plaques 188-189 (Single)
DESCRIPTION
My work focused on portrait and landscape. I don't want to document the landscape, show what is seen, but precisely show what is not seen. Through this process, I try to understand my instinct, my photographic trances. Why dwell on such a subject, such a landscape? Why seek beauty, complexity, freedom, infinity in everything I do? The territory is definitely “an oasis everywhere”. This reflection is the basis of my inspirations and also the maturity that I aspire to discover in photography over time. It opens windows to the unexplained, to my floating, poetic ideas, to the philosophical reflections that await.
AUTHOR
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).
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