Flowers of the isthmus


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  • Photographer
    Delphine Blast
  • Prize
    Book Photographer Of the Year
  • Jury Top 5 Selection

    To make such a bright color design for colorful portraits is a big attempt, and I feel it is a very successful realization. The ornaments and the staged portraits, pure solitude colors and exact format of the book and its construction - they are working all together. And the material form of the book can make the spectator happier. It is a great job.

  • Date of Photograph
    2019
  • Technical Info
    NIKON, D800, 50.0 mm f/1.8, ISO : 100, 1/125, f16,
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In the Isthmus of Tehuantepec - Mexico - Zapotec women are known for their independence, strength and beauty. Their costume is a central element of their indigenous identity and is a symbol of fighting spirit. Delphine Blast highlights these women with her series of portraits. She used Mexican oilcloths to frame these unique compositions. The book is a prolongation of Blast's work. It is packaged in a flexible card sleeve. Some of the interior pages of the book are cut with a square window to allow the reader to play with frames and patterns. It contains a C-print signed by the author.

  • Biography
    Delphine Blast is a French self-taught documentary and portrait photographer. She places the human being at the heart of her stories. For several years, she has been particularly interested in the place of women in Latin America and the construction of their identity in a changing society. Delphine Blast works regularly for the press as well as for institutions and NGOs, in France and abroad. Her photographs have been exhibited in France, Great Britain, Bolivia, Mexico, Malaysia and the United States. She is a member of the Women Photograph network.
  • Awards
    2021 - Sony awards, shortlisted, 'Flowers of the Isthm', France 2021 - Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award, shortlisted, 'Dancing Flare', Georgia 2020 - Women photographers - SAIF, 1st Price, ‘Les isolés d'Isabeau’, France 2017 - Lens Culture Portraits Award, finalist, 'Cholitas', U.S 2017 - Wipplay, Portraits Award, ‘Cholitas’, 2nd Price, France 2016 - International Photo Awards, IPA, 1st Price, cat. 'Event' 2016 - The Independant Photographer, finalist, cat. 'People' 2016 - MAP Festival, 1st Price, ‘Quinceañeras‘, Toulouse, France 2016 - Life Framer, 1st Price, ‘Quinceañeras‘, London, Paris, L.A. 2016 - KL International Photo Awards, ‘Quinceañeras‘, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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