Ciao a tutti,

oggi vi voglio presentare questa fotografa spagnola, i cui lavori mi hanno colpito molto. Qua ne trovate solo una selezione, ma guardate il suo sito perché ce ne sono davvero molti e tutti interessanti.

Mi piace davvero molto questo suo modo di mischiare realtà e finzione, stando in bilico tra documentazione e storytelling. A voi?

Anna

Hugo, 70 years old. Santa Claus impersonator. Never married and doesn´t know if he ´father of any children. He goes with prostitutes 2 or 3 times a day and normally does not pay. He started going with prostitures when he was 12 and still does it because women are made for that.

Silvio, 28 yars old. Security guard in a night club. Not married. He goes with prostitutes 3 times a month and normally pays 180 Reais for 40 minutes with 2 girls. He started going with prostitures when he was fourteen out of curiosity and now still does it for pleasure and because he like being with women when he gets drunk.

Daniel, 34 years old. Security guard. Married and father of 8 children. He goes with prostitutes three times a week and normally does not pay as they all work at the same club. He started going with prostitures when he was 19 and still does it to get pleasure without commitment.

Lagos Makoko Africa This is what hatred did

Cristina de Middel (nata nel 1975 ad Alicante, Spagna) è una fotografa documentaria e artista che vive e lavora a Londra.

Nel suo primo libro, The Afronauts, la de Middel mescola miti e fatti, realtà e finzione. Nel 1964, dopo aver ottenuto l’indipendenza, lo Zambia diede inizio ad un programma spaziale per inviare il primo astronauta africano sulla luna. LA De Middel accompagna le sue belle fotografie a colori con documenti manipolati, disegni e riproduzioni di lettere, presentandole quasi come folclore mischiato ad illustrazioni di moda e disegni tecnici.

Cristina De Middela ha ottenuto un Master in Fotografia alla University of Oklahoma (2000), una laurea in Belle Arti all’Università di Valencia, Spagna (2001) e una laurea in fotogiornalismo alla Polytechnic University  di Barcellona, Spangna (2002). Oltre a svolgere i suoi progetti personali, la De Middel ha lavorato per riviste quali Esquire e Foam e per diverse NGO. Il suo lavoro le è valso il National Prize for Photojournalism Juan Cancelo (2009), il Fnac’s photographic talent (2009) and il Women in Photography Humble Arts Project Grant (2011). E’ stata finalista alla Open Call GuatePhoto, Guatemala (2012), vincitrice al PhotoPholio del festival Recontres de la Photographie, Arles, nel 2012, diove è poi tornata come artista partecipante l’anno successivo.

E’ stata anche finalista al premio Deutsche Börse Photography e ha vinto l’Infinity Award dell’International Center of Photography di New York per la migliore pubblicazine nel 2012. L’ultimo libro di Cristina De Middel, “Party” si è aggiudicato il premio come miglior libro di fotografia nella categoria International a PhotoEspaña 2014.

Fonte: libera traduzione da Spanish Contemporary Art Network

Questo è il suo sito, date un’occhiata a tutti i suoi lavori: http://www.lademiddel.com/

Qua trovate un’intervista rilasciata a Vogue nel 2013

Cristina de Middel (born in 1975 in Alicante, Spain) is a documentary photographer and artist who lives and works in London, UK

In her first book, The Afronauts, De Middel engages with myths and facts, reality and fiction. In 1964, after gaining independence, Zambia initiated a space program to send the first African astronaut to the moon. De Middel accompanies her beautiful color photographs with manipulated documents, drawings and reproductions of letters, presenting them as almost folkloric inlaid with fashion illustrations and technical drawings.

Cristina De Middel holds a Masters in Photography from the University of Oklahoma (2000), has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Valencia, Spain (2001), and has a degree in Photojournalism at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, Spain (2002). In addition to personal projects, De Middel has worked for publications such as Esquire and Foam and various NGOs. Her work has been recognized with the National Prize for Photojournalism Juan Cancelo (2009), Fnac’s photographic talent (2009) and Women in Photography Humble Arts Project Grant (2011). She was finalist in the Open Call GuatePhoto, Guatemala (2012), winner of PhotoPholio in Recontres de la Photographie, Arles, in 2012 and returned there as a participating artist the following year. She was also a finalist of Deutsche Börse Photography prize and got the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography in New York for the best publication of 2012. The last book by Cristina De Middel, “Party” received the award for best photography book International category in PhotoEspaña 2014.

Source: Spanish Contemporary Art Network

Website: http://www.lademiddel.com/