Lucas Simões
is a artist and architect, he explores topographic aesthetics in fragmented
portraiture through his papercut series desretratos
(unportraits). He invites close friends over to tell him a deep secret while he
photographed them. However, it’s not his intention to hear their secret but to
capture the expression and essence of each moment as they reveal their secret.
He also asks them to provide a song for him to hear while he photographs them
to give the photos a “beat”. Lastly, he asks them if their secret has a color
which in turn are the colors the portraits carry and with these three main
factors, he chooses 10 different portraits to cut and overlap, creating the
overall image. These images have elements of familiarity, the curling of a nostril,
a glimpse of an irregular tooth, a pupil staring back at you, reveal themselves
in unidentifiable mass. The relationship he has with his subjects add an layer
of intimacy and provide another palate of interpretation of a multidimensional portraiture.
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