While searching for more inspiring
artists, my heart jumped around in glee when I found contemporary artist Anna
Bodnar. Though she has a large portfolio of work, the ones that spoke the most
to me were those under “Serie: Parts”, which are black and white photographs of
different people’s body parts. They are beautiful photographs that depict the
subject in a new manner. Anna has her subjects extenuating their bodies in
order to see a familiar but new view of the body. They become miniature glamour
shots of the body. I am currently trying to workout the best way to view the
body in my own body of work and her portfolio helped me overcome this block I
had in my ideas for my photography.
Her entire body of work is
compelling giving the viewer an insight into the mind of the 32 year old.
Though portrait photographers are a dime-a-dozen, the idea that one can
photograph people because they are people is interesting. Anna has what looks
like ordinary people getting portraits of them hugging other people, flexing
their muscles, posing in a wheelchair. These are dynamic photographs that at
some points almost look surreal. This may be because she relates all her
artwork back to her computer graphic studies.
“Throughout
the years, I have been looking for different artistic ways of expressing
myself. What I do is my passion and I am simply crazy about it. This passion,
emotions, distaste to the unreal and plastic world are deep down in me. It is
understanding myself; it is understanding other people; it is something
unspoken of; it is a taboo. It is love to freedom that I have not known yet..
My usual sources of inspiration are day-to-day life and literature. My work and my art expresses who I am and
therefore, I have a very emotional about it.”
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