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Gold 2024 Fine Art / Special Effects

Golden Scars

  • Photographer
    Agnieszka Babi?ska
  • Agency / Studio
    Asp W Gda?sku
  • Prize
    Gold in Fine Art / Special Effects

Analogue photography, printing on fabric, gold leaf, 140 cm x 225 cm. beauty in imperfections, Kintsugi (from the Japanese "kin", i.e. "gold" and tsugi, i.e. "to repair", "to connect") is a slow process of repair can be treated as a metaphor for human existence, which is not free from suffering, failures and weaknesses. The passage of time and painful experiences leave a mark on a person, but they create thair story, make them more beautiful and interesting. Kintsugi teaches that you should not be ashamed of your wounds and hide them from the world.