WINNERS

Blazing Dichotomy

  • Photographer
    Giovanna Laiso, United Kingdom
  • Prize
    Gold Winner in Fine Art/Collage

This portrait was captured with a medium format analogue camera, hand-printed in series in the darkroom, cut into flame strips, overlaid, and scanned. Different exposure times were used for each print to create diverse colour depths between layers. This frame is a personal investigation into recurring themes in my practice, such as duality and juxtaposition, here operated by the intrusion of the cutter into the paper. This picture is also an attempt to transcend the conventional bi-dimensional boundaries of photography, operating montages as the possibility of a never-ending creative dynamic.