| Stories I - Edition
2006 30 x 30 cm Limited Edition, Auflage: 5 SIGNIERT C-PRINT |
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Artist Statement: "I use photography as a means to explore the loss of innocence and the discovery of self. By drawing influence from folklore and fairy tales, I isolate common emotions easily relatable to everyone. These photographs represent the basic struggles in life and the desire to free oneself from them. As in the stories that influence my work, I strive to achieve both a sense of child-like beauty and simplicity, while juxtaposing this with surreal and mysterious elements. My fascination with fairy tales began at an early age. I was drawn to the power these of stories, which have not only remained culturally relevant but have been reinterpreted and restructured to fit a modern framework. There is a fundamental simplicity to these tales, yet they simultaneously possess a strong subjective quality. The reader, or in my case the viewer, is allowed to interpret the story in their own way. The process of staging and carrying out these narratives, acts as a form of emotional catharsis. My involvement both as the creator and subject in these photographs is just as rewarding to me as the completed work itself." |
Zu den Arbeiten: Anastasia Cazabon kreist um das Thema der verlorenen kindlichen Unschuld. Ihre in geheimnis- vollen Anschnitten inszenierte Sequenzen wirken wie Filmstandfotos von alptraumartigen Szenen, doch statt roher Gewalt wirken bizarre Attribute wie abgeschnittene Haare oder zerrissene Strümpfe als beängstigende Indizien grausamer Vorgänge. Cazabons surreale Schauplätze wirken wie absurde Tatorte ohne Täter und konfrontieren den Betrachter mit verwirrenden Spuren von Gegenwart. |