ÑATITA 01
Black & White · 2012 632 views
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Details
- Category
- Photography
- Medium
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- 64.9 × 43.3 in
- Year
- 2012
- Edition
- Unique piece
- Framed
- No
- Signed
- Yes
Photography From Serie: ÑATITAS Retratos Inertes Portraits of human skulls, each one individually decorated with flowers, sunglasses, cigars and hats are called with the popular name of "ÑATITAS" (flat noses) in Bolivia, but each one has its own name. A series of rectangular Black & white photographs taken on site and as they are decorated by people who come to ask for favors and offer prayers. Portrayed in the General Cemetery of La Paz on November 8, 2012. This series of photographs reveals the rite that is part of the traditions or cults of death in the Aymara culture in Bolivia. Death is understood as part of their culture and the skull is a fundamental part of a religious practice and not an icon.
La fotografía de Sergio Bretel se refiere a la abstracción, la perspectiva, al detalle y al espacio. Explora los límites conceptuales de la Fotografía, en la búsqueda de una visión que cuestione la estabilidad del significado y la imagen, en referencia al realismo y la representatividad de la fotografía. Centrándose en la mutabilidad de las formas, a través de la abstracción. Mostrar dentro de lo cotidiano lo extraordinario, en una búsqueda de nuevas formas y composiciones que se aíslan por completo de la realidad. Otra parte de su obra documenta las tradiciones y los cultos a la muerte como es el caso de los cráneos del festival de las “ÑATITAS” en Bolivia.
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