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Silver 2023 Portfolio / Fine Art

Hopper Essence

  • Photographer
    Andrés Gallego Bellido
  • Prize
    Silver in Portfolio / Fine Art

In 1992, American photographers paid homage to Hopper in an exhibition linking photography and painting. At the event, Joel Meyerowitz emphasised the fundamental difference between the nature of photography as a momentary event and the nature of painting as a process, but what happens when we unite both languages in the same work? This project is made up of a series of photographs represented around Hopper's work, where the views of the windows are created by myself with acrylic paint on canvas. We see my wife, just as Hopper depicted Jo. Decide for yourselves what is through the window.

I have found in photography a form of personal expression, which allows me to project my ideas and projects in a creative and different way. I am a great lover of photography in all its disciplines, finding in staged portraits, a way to create parallel worlds in the style of the old masters. Born in 1983 in Melilla, and currently residing in Castellón de la Plana, Spain, I began my relationship with photography in 2017. Practically self-taught, I draw my inspiration from classical painting and artists such as Eugenio Recuenco, LeTurk, Gregory Crewdson and Kate Woodman, among others.