Jupiter - Versailles Part II
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Photographer
Mercedes Parodi
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Date of Photograph
2017
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Technical Info
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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This composite image belongs to Part II of an extensive personal project revolving around the fountains and statues in the gardens of the 'Château de Versailles' in France. Part II can be described as the creation of an extra-dimensional environment composed uniquely of abstractions of water, light and fire and within which the magnificent statues of Versailles are 'mises en scène'.
Here, the head and torso of Jupiter, sculpted by Jean-Jacques Clérion (1686-1687), are completed by abstractions of water and light referencing his astounding ability to transform and hopefully communicating some of the essence of this all-powerful God.
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Biography
Mercedes Parodi is a British photographic artist, based in London and in Aix en Provence, France, who uses light imagery to explore from a psychological and existential perspective humanistic themes relating to power, perception of reality, energetic forces, mindset, self-empowerment and wellbeing.
Group Exhibition
2020 - 'Occupy the Void' - Photo50 - London Art Fair
Solo Exhibitions
2018 - 'Versailles and the Waters of Antiquity', Spa Thermes Sextius, Aix en Provence, France
2013 - 'The Fountains Night Show' - La Fontaine Obscure (photographic association), Aix en Provence, France
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Awards
LICC (London International Creative Competition)
2022 - Official Selection - Surreal Vision
2022 - Official Selection - Columns of Equanimity Light Wall
2022 - Official Selection - Program Me to See the Light
2021 - Official Selection - Solar Light Wall 1
2021 - Official Selection - Forever 6
2020 - Finalist - 10-image series - You will always Be
25 Honorable Mentions (Pro)
IPA (International Photography Awards)
2021 - Solar Abstracts
2020 - You will always Be
2018 - Mindset Transitions – BW2
2017 - Jupiter Latona Juno (The Love Triangle)
- Mindset Transitions - 1
- Mindset Transitions – BW1
- Jupiter
- Royal Star 3
- Royal Star 4
2016 - Diana
- Modular Abstraction 1
PX3 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris)
2020 - You will always Be
2018 - Mindset Transitions – BW1
2016 - Facing The Strange (A David Bowie Tribute)
- Versailles Part III (Modular Abstraction 1)
FAPA (Fine Art Photography Awards)
2020 - You will always Be
2016 - Jupiter Latona Juno (The Love Triangle)
- Royal Star 4
Monochrome Awards
2017 - Vision and Mindset (From Doubt to Self-Belief)
- Vision and Mindset (From Latent to Pure Energy)
- Mindset Transitions (From Tectonic to Stable)
2016 - Diana
- Modular Abstraction 1
- Royal Star 2
2015 - Apollo served by the Nymphs
