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Monografías
(Essays)

 

"Containing that which cannot be contained... how much is needed for a story to be told; how little for the imagination to be provoked? In this journal of sort —an intimate jotting-down of time and place— Maia Gambis explores her move from Europe to Latin America and the ever-changing quality of the human condition. These photographic essays take us from the formal aspect of  photography to the more intimate language of self-expression. Through her preferred palette of blues and blacks, we discover an endless range of possibilities: from very distinct tones to subtle differences, depending on ligh and shadow. This almost swatch-like quality to the series is like dabbing a paintbrush to create the subtlest of palettes..."

Shook
Archival pigment print / edition of 5
Dimensions variable
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