Jamie Salazar Profiles Ruth Prieto Arenas

Talk about an up and coming artist.  This lady is one to watch and for good reason.  She not only worked her way through her photo and film education while growing up in Mexico City, but she also earned a most coveted fellowship with the esteem Magnum Foundation.  She has since exhibited throughout the world and has been included in TIME magazine’s “9 Mexican Photographers you need to know”

Her work id honest and reflective.  The color photos she creates are vivid and bold.  The depict the human story and are relatable to everyone.  However, in her series entitled “Moments of Suspension” the black and white film along with her ability to capture the light and shadows in just such a way to draw us even a little more into the work is astounding.

This series seems very narrative and in some cases creepy and intriguing.  It is her ability to capture that just right moment where the highlights and shadows sway happily together and the results give us, the viewers a little more to look at than I believe even she bargained for while shooting.  These photos have a film still quality, that could be from her background in film, or just the “film noir” lover in me.  Any way you look at it you cannot stop.  The series is amazing and haunting.

For More Information on her work:

www.ruthprieto.sameexhibit.com     &      www.lens.blogs.nytimes.com