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1052-03_2 - Salinas de Pullally - Chile Photograph - Limited Edition of 5

Gonzalo Contreras del Solar

Chile

Photography, C-type on Paper

Size: 27.6 W x 27.6 H x 0 D in

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A friend of us had invited to a house in a private estate called Salinas de Pullally that is close to the sea. While scouting places where I could take photographs near a cove, I found ponds formed within the rocks near the sea shore line. From the hill I could see strange colors floating on the ponds, when I got close discovered that apparently someone had thrown a mattress to the sea, and I guess that during a storm, the mattress was destroyed against the seashore rocks pulling all it fibers out and leaving the upper cover. The water movement had violently laid them giving a calm surprising scene, that I captured in many rolls of film. Five years later we returned to Salinas de Pullally and I decided to see what had happened to the fibers that were laid by the sea. They were still there, with different shapes and the water had more algae than before. This is the best example on how the pollution we throw to rivers and oceans, stays for a long while. I will return in a couple of years and record the status. Unframed, Chromogenic paper: C-flex-Poly-based paper high-gloss or C-Metallic- Kodak Ultra Endura poly-based glossy finish. Limited edition print 1/5, signed certificate.

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Photography:C-type on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:5

Size:27.6 W x 27.6 H x 0 D in

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Artist Statement I am a passionate photographer, blessed with curious eyes that are constantly amazed by the forms and designs produced by water, and the combination of its temperature and light. No matter how many pictures I take of the same shot, every time I witness a very different expression. My camera and I have been traveling around the world since 1977, registering its shapes and essence, which I have been sharing through large prints, as an homage to its abundance, fragility, and essential existence; trying to convey the feeling I had at the time of the capture, registering most of the time in color and sometimes in monochrome. History It was late 1955 when my eyes peeped at the city of La Paz near the high Andes. Since then, they have learned by capturing sparkles of light. Started at the age of 10 with oil painting and playing in darkroom (full equipment I discovered in my home basement), later taking pictures of what my eyes noticed. Took as much photography courses as I could. Still continue learning and testing/using new digital tools. The influence of Ansel Adams and Vincent Van Gogh work has forged my technique to pursue the chase of Water and capture its beauty, creating a large portfolio during my visits to more than 40 countries. Living in 10 of them and settled at the small town of Calera de Tango in Chile. My work was done using a medium format film camera, and currently with a digital camera. I try to capture the beauty of water in all its forms; denouncing many times the little interest that our civilized world invests in its conservation and preservation. Printing mainly on large size fine art photographic paper, in Color as well as Black & White. The passion of portraying water was funded by me, as well as most of the exhibits I made, except for a few that Sony Chile provided equipment and funding for printing and framing. Water, an important resource, source of life, and protagonist of my exhibitions around the world, that converge between the look of the paused movement, preserving it for future generations, as is the case of certain images that I took at a glacier that has disappeared in less than 20 years. Gonzalo

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