We dwell in the indefiniteness of reality. With the certainty
that everything can be atherwise and the uncertainty that what we believe
to be real really is so. In that way of feelling, everything that could
define us, everything that at another time we could resort to in order
to cling to the certainty of knowing who we are, vanishes. Gender, sings
of identity, the appearance of our surroundings, impossible landscapes
that man builds with his advanced technologies and with the misery of
overdevelopment.
Concha Pérez builds non-existent yet not impossible spaces. With
digital imaging applied to photography virtually anything is possible
and the doubt about what is real and what is imagined becomes a shadow
that covers any imagined sun. Cybernetic places that are familiar to us,
armchairs in the middle of the street, the sea as an inhabited place,
a lone chair in a quarry…. Places of uncertainty in which the presence
of man bestows them with a certain logic, which makes us see them as something
possible, yet without the assurance of having been there, places that
we believe we have seen in some film, perhaps in some dream, but that
work in our subconscious as preambles of future landscapes.
— Rosa Olivares
Concha Perez was one of three photographers chosen
to represent Spain in 2008 at the nightlong projection of photographs
from 27 European countries at the Rencontres Festival in Arles.
FeatureShadow HuntersConcha Pérez builds non-existent yet not impossible spaces. With digital imaging applied to photography virtually anything is possible and the doubt about what is real and what is imagined becomes a shadow that covers any imagined sun. View Images
Feature
Shadow Hunters
Concha Pérez builds non-existent yet not impossible spaces. With digital imaging applied to photography virtually anything is possible and the doubt about what is real and what is imagined becomes a shadow that covers any imagined sun.
Shadow Hunters
Concha Pérez builds non-existent yet not impossible spaces. With digital imaging applied to photography virtually anything is possible and the doubt about what is real and what is imagined becomes a shadow that covers any imagined sun.
Trending this Week
“Life Looks Better Through a Viewfinder”—Mentoring and Wisdom from David Alan Harvey
The Magnum photographer speaks about why every emerging photographer needs a mentor, his years shooting for National Geographic, and how he maintains his vision across personal and assigned work.
Winners: LensCulture Exposure Awards 2018
Discover the 39 excellent photographers chosen in this year’s Exposure Awards! This intriguing selection of work showcases an inspiring cross-section of contemporary photography from all over the world.
Every Body Has a Story to Tell
“If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, why are we fed so much imagery about what we are supposed to look like?” A series that challenges traditional notions of beauty and revels in the supple forms of the human body.
Walking in the Invisible City
Explore the mysteries and magic of the “Russian Atlantis”—the fabled city that sunk below the surface of Lake Svetloyar in the 12th century. Even today, locals swear the lake contributes to the area’s inexplicable, intangible power…
Question the Image: A View from Two Poles of the World
“Art can catalyze empathy and respect.” Alasdair Foster, a curator, researcher, and writer who draws on an array of experiences from around the world, offers his fascinating perspective on photography—and where it’s going next.
Have Something to Say: 30 Years of Photobooks with Dewi Lewis
The renowned publisher offers his advice to street photographers hoping to publish their first photobook—and reveals the questions that all photographers should ask themselves before they seek to publish a book.
Related
Unborn Cities
Three brand-new cities in China have all the signs of bustling metropolises—houses in a neat line, looming skyscrapers, criss-crossing downtown streets. There’s just one problem: nobody lives there yet.
Hamburg Süd
A small, poetic series of photographs all made on the same day in Hamburg.
Hotel Refugees: Life in Kurdistan
Over one million displaced refugees have flooded into Iraqi Kurdistan—this touching photo-report tells the story of a group living out of two over-crowded hotels and their daily struggle to get by.
Let’s sit down before we go
Let’s sit down before we go is a portrait of the places Bertien van Manen visited and the people she met, stayed with and became friends with during her travels across Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Siberia, Tatarstan and Uzbekistan....
The Stranger’s Notebook (Prologue)
A conceptual multimedia series that questions the relationship between the self and place in the context of present-day migration in Africa.
Seduction and Power: Cathedrals and Capitalism
Two spectacular, intertwined sets of photographs by Cyril Porchet form a complex, politically charged series on the subject of image and power throughout history.