Colonized
The goal of this art project is to dignify and praise the feminine figure as a key part of human history, and to underscore women’s essential role in the development of today’s civilization.
By using the trans photography technique in “Colonized”, I wanted to give these unknown women the visibility they never had.
The recovery of old photographs of women taken in the mid-19th century, the addition of precious contemporary textiles and silk to the original photographs, the digital retouching and the collage technique are the main elements of these big-format portraits (120 X 100 cm).
The quest of women from the past serves to also visualize women in the present and in the future. I like to use the term transphotography because it “transforms” the images and “transfers” them to the present times.
If you would like to know more about the creative process behind this project, click here.
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Japanese dancer, Japan, 1920 (130cm x 100cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Pearl recollector, Hekura-Hegura jima, Japan, 1933 (130cm x 100cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Sarkole woman, Gambia, 1925 (130cm x 100cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper South african choir singer, London Stereoscopic Company, 1891 (130cm x 100cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper South african choir singer, London Stereoscopic Company, 1891 (130cm x 100cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Wodaabe woman, Sahel, Nigeria, 1932 (130cm x 100cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Swahili woman, Nigeria, 1923 (130cm x 100cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Postcard from the Meiji era of a Geisha with a Hagoita palette next to a snowman, Japan, 1907 (130cm x 100cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Slave woman working with her son, Pernambuco, Brasil, 1888 (110cm x 130cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Manchu Woman, Beijing, China, 1869 (120cm x 140cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Courtesan Yagumo, Kyoto, Japan, 1922 (155cm x 120cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Ngandjera woman, Namibia, 1940 (100cm x 130cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Mother and son, Mombasa, 1912 (100cm x 130cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Hula dancer, Tahiti, Polinesia, 1930 (130cm x 100cm) Unique piece 2022
Transphotography from old picture on watercolor paper Maasai woman from Meru, Tanzania, ca. 1900-1904 (130cm x 100cm) Unique piece 2022
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