Where does the tree end and the rest of the world begin?

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Photographer

Daniela Balestrin
Prize

Analog / Film Photographer Of the Year
Jury Top 5 Selection

Chris Peters
Date of Photograph

This polyptych essay was started in 2022 and is ongoing.
Technical Info

Analog photography on 135 and 120 film.
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Website

https://danielabalestrin.com

In the beginning, the intimate sphere. And then an inflated community of circles before the eyes. So much roundness formed a thread of beads, and the essay proceeded in lines where each photograph called upon met the choice of meaning to make meaning exist.By displacing the individuality of the photographs, giving them to the opening, a story of reciprocal animation occurred, where the breath of one extends into another. Things are alive and dream us. This essay seeks to imagine its dreams, to venture an invention.

Biography

Daniela Balestrin is a multidisciplinary artist with an academic background in Law, having practiced in the field for 15 years while independently exploring photography. Since 2020, she has fully embraced photography as her professional pursuit, utilizing both analog and historical techniques to craft her images. Her work aims to engage with the events that intertwine with her daily life, creating narratives that involve the movements of life and imagination, crossing memory and fiction, image and word.
Awards

2024 Shortlist int the Professional Creative Category, Sony World Photography Awards. New Photography Award from the Museum of Image and Sound of São Paulo/Brazil. 2023 Finalist named for Discovery of the Year of The Lucie Awards. Analog/Film Photographer of the Year Non-Professional, IPA - Internacional Photography Awards. First Place, Analog/Film, Other, Non-Professional, IPA - Internacional Photography Awards. Gold Winner, Portfolio-Personal, TIFA - Tokyo Internacional Foto Awards. Honorable Mention, Daily Life category, ND - Neutral Density Photografy Awards. Honorable Mention, Photo Essay/Story Category, ND - Neutral Density Photografy Awards. Honorable Mention, Special Analog/Film Category, ND - Neutral Density Photografy Awards. Portfolio Show, at the 12th Tiradentes Photography Festival/Brazil.