Experimental 1st place winner

In my series of portraits of South African women and girls, different generations are pictured.

What unites them, is the recurring desire for a better life, fed by similar hopes. Hope for the end of the remnants of apartheid and political corruption, hope for less violence, hope for paid work, hope for better education, hope for better living conditions. What remains after years of political and social change, are patriarchal stuctures, physical abuse, racism and poverty. Shattered dreams are inevitable, but the hope for change for future generations remain. Women stay the pillars of their families and demonstrate strength and confidence.

The use of salt in my body of work serves as a symbol for recurring problems under similar conditions. Just as salt has had an enormous influence on the development of history worldwide in political, religious, economic and cultural terms, the coarse pink salt, used in a 3D layer, illustrates in this context external circumstances that have shaped the country and its people.

The portraits are rather shadowy, but the age is recognizable, representing the respective age group. The intentional similarity in the tonality and perceived texture convey the omnipresence of the mentioned socio-political issues across generations.

2023
1st Place - Art4Competition/International Contemporary Art - Photography
2nd Place - Art4Competition/Abstract Art - Photography
Honorable Mention - Chromatic Photography Awards - Amateur: Fine Art
Certificate of Artistic Achievement - Luxembourg Art Prize 2023

2024
1st Place - Fine Art Photography Awards (10th FAPA) - Amateur: Experimental
3rd Place - Art4Competition: Abstract Art - Photography
Silver Winner - TIFA - Tokyo Intl. Foto Awards - Amateur: Fine Art/Abstract
Bronze Winner - Px3 Prix de la Photographie - Amateur: FineArt/Abstract
Bronze Winner - Px3 Prix de la Photographie - Amateur: Nature/Flower
Honorable Mention - Px3 Prix de la Photographie - Amateur: Portraiture/Other
Honorable Mention - Minimalist Photography Awards - Abstract
Honorable Mention - IPA - Intl. Photography Awards - Amateur: Fine Art/Abstract
Honorable Mention - IPA - Intl. Photography Awards - Amateur: Special/Special Effect
Honorable Mention - Chromatic Photography Awards - Amateur: Fine Art
Honorable Mention - TIFA - Tokyo Intl. Foto Awards - Amateur: Fine Art/Special Effects
Certificate of Artistic Achievement - Luxembourg Art Prize 2024
3 x Coup de Coeur: Art4Competition - International Contemporary Art - Photography