Book Award Finalists for Photolucida Critical Mass 2009

Carl Bower

Birthe Piontec

Tony Greaves

Jody Ake

Alejandro Cartagena
Congratulations!

I voted for every single one of this talented artists! 3 of them were featured here during the pre-screening stage of the competition. Carl Bower's powerful beauty pageants series in Columbia, Alejandro Cartagena's urbanism series and Birthe Piontec's beautiful series...they are all great!

ARTmostfierce's Photolucida Critical Mass 2009 picks

Photos by Birthe Piontek entries for Photolucida's Critical Mass 2009




The Idea of North Individuation is a recurring theme Birthe Piontek's photographic work: the ways people struggle to belong yet be different at the same time. Sometimes, people’s quests for identity lead them to leave the beaten path, and take the road less travelled. And for them, the quest for self-discovery becomes a journey in every sense of the word. The fast-paced, anonymous life of the urban environment sometimes offers neither the time nor space for individualization, nor the comforting place needed for belonging.

I had seen some of Birthe Piontek photos posted above in Art Fairs and they really are quite beautiful. I first heard of her from Jen Bekman's 20 x 200 and bought one of her images. A YES for me!

Birthe Piontek
Vancouver, BC
Canada
info@birthepiontek.com
www.birthepiontek.com