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Unfamiliarity (Single)
DESCRIPTION
Red is a powerful color, a symbol of very strong emotions that can sometimes be harmful to everything around them. This image is about crossing the portal from the predictable world into the unknown and unfamiliar. Some are able to embrace the uncertainty with ease, but for others it causes anxiety. Some of us struggle and feel anxiety when we can't cope with the uncertainty that lies ahead in the unknown future. We put ourselves under the pressure of expectations and feel anxious about things we can't control. Not knowing how things will turn out is the worst thing that can happen to those of us who need to control everything to feel safe. And the question is, how can we change the way we react in certain situations? For instance, we imagine the worst case scenario when someone decides to leave our lives, we think we will be lost without them. But what if instead we take it one day at a time and see what the present moment holds for us?Perhaps behind the curtain of uncertainty lies a better world.
AUTHOR
Emanuela Nesko is a fine art photographer and visual artist currently living in Germany.
From an early age, she found it easier to express herself visually rather than in words, using mediums like drawing, painting, photography and drama. Childhood traumas gave Emanuela the urge to seek connections with people around her in ways that felt safe to her. During her studies at the University of Fine Arts in Madrid, she started using photography as a form of therapy to heal from past emotional and mental wounds and connect with her deepest self.
Following graduation, she moved from Spain to Germany, where she gained experience working as a portrait photographer. After a while Emanuela realized she had lost the connection with why she was using photography to express herself. That realization determined her to change paths. Currently Emanuela works with conceptual and surreal art, inviting viewers into otherworldly scenarios. Through her work, she seeks to connect with others who have also been subject to emotional and physical neglect. She aims to grow awareness about childhood traumas, which affect people throughout adulthood if suppressed and emphasize the attention these experiences require as a part of the healing process.
From an early age, she found it easier to express herself visually rather than in words, using mediums like drawing, painting, photography and drama. Childhood traumas gave Emanuela the urge to seek connections with people around her in ways that felt safe to her. During her studies at the University of Fine Arts in Madrid, she started using photography as a form of therapy to heal from past emotional and mental wounds and connect with her deepest self.
Following graduation, she moved from Spain to Germany, where she gained experience working as a portrait photographer. After a while Emanuela realized she had lost the connection with why she was using photography to express herself. That realization determined her to change paths. Currently Emanuela works with conceptual and surreal art, inviting viewers into otherworldly scenarios. Through her work, she seeks to connect with others who have also been subject to emotional and physical neglect. She aims to grow awareness about childhood traumas, which affect people throughout adulthood if suppressed and emphasize the attention these experiences require as a part of the healing process.
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