…Her work focuses on capturing the “absence” and the “let go” feeling in her subject.
Romina’s portraits are often referred as timeless and cinematographic, constantly fighting against the disembodied pose.
Her film and photographic portraits are less about the object being
photographed than the almost abstract subject who are in fact looking at us…
Dealer Magazine, décembre 2008
Romina Shama was born in Switzerland of an Egyptian-Italian background.
She studied film and photography at Central St Martin’s School in London
and graduated in 2003. She now lives and works in Paris.
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Solo Exhibition at Visionairs Gallery Paris - June 2010
“Elle ne dévoile pas, mais referme sur elle-même ce que l’image promet premier abord, l’éclaircissement. Ce n’est ni elle qui pose, ni le corps. J’ai trouvé dans ces images, un contenu presque hors cadre, qui m’a fait sentir en face d’un moment, d’un lieu, tels qu’ils seraient s’ils n’avaient pas été « pris ». Comme si de l’image prise, ne restait qu’une distance, une absence de lien…
Par Alice Kahn pour “Naked and Hurt” juin 2010
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Solo Exhibition at Visionairs Gallery Paris - June 2010
Dan Cermak: ‘I’ve Always Wanted To Do This’
Swiss photographer Dan Cermak has just released a new photography book titled ‘I’ve always wanted to do this’, in which he’s photographed ordinary people, nude and in their own homes with their own belongings.
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Dan Cermak: ‘I’ve Always Wanted To Do This’
When I started the project in 2009 I wondered why would people answer to an ad in the paper asking to be photographed naked at home. Is it narcissism or do the models just want to experience something extreme? So I started to ask my models and the answer to that very often was: “I’ve always wanted to do this”, so that’s why this is the title of my book.
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Dan Cermak: ‘I’ve Always Wanted To Do This’
In my new work I am trying to show a part of nudity that is intelligent, ironic, also sexy (sometimes), real, human, funny etc. It means trying to give nudity a face beyond common pictures of big breasted women and muscley men.
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