Raiz – Numero 33Miguel Vallinas Prieto
Photography - Archival Pigment print
The photograph is part of the series 'Roots' (Raiz) that continues the dynamics of the artist's previous portrait series 'Skins' and 'Second Skins'. It treats about our interaction with flora and nature, through a broader reflection about identity search, existence and individual choice.
In this new series, bodies with seasonal plants and floral bouquets replace human heads. The human body represents the stem, and the head represents the flora, while the hidden root is linked to the earth: the starting point and destination, the beginning and end of life. The root is the base of our existence that conditions the direction of our path. The term root indicates belonging, bonding, base, and nourishment.
The series title focuses precisely on the unseen element which represents the basis of the self. Therefore all the photographs in the series are shot from a mid-plane-take hiding the lower part of the stem where the roots start.
'Roots' is about “what we believe we are, what others think we are, what we really are and what we would like to be”.
Miguel Vallinas Prieto
Madrid based photographer Miguel Vallinas Prieto focuses mainly on portraits and landscape in his work. His photographs do not leave room for improvisation, as preliminary study is conducted on each subject and on each location. His work often intends to seek reflection about the other and leaves to the public the choice of the many interpretation he likes to bring to each image.
Photography - Archival Pigment print
The photograph is part of the series 'Roots' (Raiz) that continues the dynamics of the artist's previous portrait series 'Skins' and 'Second Skins'. It treats about our interaction with flora and nature, through a broader reflection about identity search, existence and individual choice.
In this new series, bodies with seasonal plants and floral bouquets replace human heads. The human body represents the stem, and the head represents the flora, while the hidden root is linked to the earth: the starting point and destination, the beginning and end of life. The root is the base of our existence that conditions the direction of our path. The term root indicates belonging, bonding, base, and nourishment.
The series title focuses precisely on the unseen element which represents the basis of the self. Therefore all the photographs in the series are shot from a mid-plane-take hiding the lower part of the stem where the roots start.
'Roots' is about “what we believe we are, what others think we are, what we really are and what we would like to be”.
Miguel Vallinas Prieto
Madrid based photographer Miguel Vallinas Prieto focuses mainly on portraits and landscape in his work. His photographs do not leave room for improvisation, as preliminary study is conducted on each subject and on each location. His work often intends to seek reflection about the other and leaves to the public the choice of the many interpretation he likes to bring to each image.
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