Concreate and Roses

• Photographer
  Quintavius Oliver
• Prize
  Official Selection
• Jury Top 5 Selection

  Shana Nys Dambrot Powerful and poised composition that makes excellent use of the location and natural light, plus a light touch with the symbolism aspect and perfect casting of the model. It has an organic quality as well as the quality of a dream or metaphor. It conveys its message with clarity but is thoughtful in the way it whispers rather than shouts. It feels like it should already be a famous image. Well done.

• Date of Photograph
  2021
• Technical Info
  Leica M7 + 28mm Summicron ASPH + Kodak Ektar 100
• Socials
• Website
  http://QOliverPhoto.com

• Biography
  Quintavius Oliver (b. 1989 Atlanta, Ga.) is an Atlanta based fine art and documentary photographer who uses his engaging portraits as a means of self-exploration and dynamic storytelling. He acquired his first camera at the age of six from his grandmother and immediately began to document his ever-expanding world without a second thought. By his mid-20s the self-taught photographer was making waves in the photography community, landing exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta and the Griffin Museum in Winchester MA- all while raising his daughter as a full-time single father. Q
• Awards
  SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2024 – IN FOCUS PHOTO – ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA – ALBERTA, CANADA 2024 – CITY OF INK 17TH ANNIVERSARY GROUP EXHIBITION – ATLANTA, GA 2023 – GATHERED IV – MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, GA, ATLANTA, GA 2023 – NUDE GEOGRAPHIES – PRAXIS GALLERY - MINNEAPOLIS, MN 2023 – COCO CONROY SELECTS – ATLANTA PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP GALLERY, ATLANTA, GA 2023 – BELONGING – ATLANTA PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP GALLERY, ATLANTA, GA 2023 – INFINITE WEIGHT / PRESENT STORIES – THE VAULT GALLERY, NEWNAN, GA 2021 – CELEBRATION OF LIFE: NOTORIOUS B.I.G – TRAP MUSIC MUSEUM – ATLANTA, GA 2021 - STYLEZ - PETERS STREET STATION – ATLANTA, GA 2018 - SOUTH STREET PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - MASON FINE ART – ATLANTA, GA 2018 - HOME: A LOVE LETTER TO CUBA - PETERS STREET STATION, ATLANTA, GA 2017 - CELEBRATION OF LIFE - CITY OF INK GALLERY, ATLANTA, GA 2016 - ZINDAGI, GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY, WINCHESTER, MA 2016 - EDGE TO EDGE, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, ATLANTA, GA 2016 - LXVE MATTERS - THE ART EXCHANGE, ATLANTA, GA 2016 - ATLANTA RENAISSANCE - CITY OF INK GALLERY, ATLANTA, GA 2014 - MAMMAL GALLERY - ATLANTA, GA PERMEANT COLLECTIONS THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, ATLANTA, GA THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON,TX THE TRAP MUSIC MUSEUM, ATLANTA, GA