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UNTOLD's fourth open call, "Life in Frames," focused on contemporary photography that uses snapshot techniques and a diary-style narrative to capture the moment. After starting with a broad perspective, the three selected projects demonstrate how the aesthetics of the snapshot remains a realm of exploration and experimentation for finding one's unique stylistic and personal identity.

Oblivion ©Jett Silva (Jetaniel Da Silva)/EIGER VISUALS
Oblivion ©Jett Silva (Jetaniel Da Silva)/EIGER VISUALS
Oblivion ©Jett Silva (Jetaniel Da Silva)/EIGER VISUALS

Jett Silva's snapshots speak of that sense of "equivalence" well exemplified by Minor White when he talks about the mirroring function of photography: some photos are capable of sticking to us, managing to speak about us and touch very familiar aspects. Oblivion, one of the three selected projects, is a reflection on the penetration of screens into our lives, a mirror of the current human condition in which the digital world is making us slide into a state of "oblivion" of our own reality.

Untitled - 2023 ©Borys Dolgopolsky
Untitled - 2023 ©Borys Dolgopolsky
Untitled - 2023 ©Borys Dolgopolsky

Untitled by Borys Dolgopolsky is, in the author's own words, a sort of "visual poetry," where even the details left out of focus contribute to giving the image as a whole a sense of suspension and waiting, inviting the observer to create an emotional connection with the image itself. The blurred photograph thus becomes a tool for stimulating the creativity of the reader involved in a game of references and narrative reconstruction that stimulates the imagination.

From Last Year. One Day at a Time Series ©Camilla Calato
From Last Year. One Day at a Time Series ©Camilla Calato
From Last Year. One Day at a Time Series ©Camilla Calato

Last Year. One day at a time is, in the words of its author - Camilla Calato, a project of visual narration started in 2019 and continued until 2020, as a sort of personal diary. It is a material and visual project in which verses and poems participate in the narrative through images, bringing the diary back to the form of the family album."


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