CANDELAR 2022: CANDELUARY
JANUARY FEATURE:
Cristina Fontsaré’s Candeluary feature in the Candelar 2022
Cristina Fontsaré, Rachel and Lola, from the series, Walk the fog
Today we feature January photographer Cristina Fontsaré with her image, “Rachel and Lola” from the series, “Walk the fog.”
“I am working patiently on this series in the foggy mornings around the place I live. I feel thrown to walk through the fog, to lose myself in the abyss and perhaps find a treasure. That morning, after dropping off my daughter at school, I went into the fields and met Rachel and Lola. They were training for a race.
I never saw them again.’
Fontsaré is currently working on a long term project, “ A crack in the mirror,” regarding the cycles of life, growing, metamorphosis and the magic in everyday life and the ephemeral.
ABOUT A CRACK IN THE MIRROR
The intention of the project is to have a look on childhood, puberty and adolescence, through the follow-up of some girls that I photograph every year. The images more than describe, evoke the enigmas of childhood. The idea is to build a life diary that reflects the changes in each of the stages of metamorphosis growth through which girls have to go from childhood to adulthood. We create situations through the game that are between reality and fiction, where the game is more real than reality.
Ongoing since 2016.
CRISTINA FONTSARÉ is a lens-based artist born and raised in Barcelona.
BFA - University of Barcelona
Master in Landscape Architecture - ETSAB, University of Barcelona.
2020 Wort im Bild / Photography and Literature Award, Austria
2019 IV BIPA Barcelona International Photography Awards, Portofolio Winner
2018 11th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable mention
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