WINNERS

Identity Analysis

  • Photographer
    Arek Akki, Poland
  • Prize
    Silver Winner in Technique/Wet Collodion

Identity Analysis Human is not a monolith. We are a sum of contradictions, a collection of overlapping layers. The "Identity Analysis" series deconstructs the psyche through analogue multiple exposure. The same figure appears within the frame in various forms, gaining conflicting meanings. This semi-transparency is visual proof of the fluidity of the "self." It is a vivisection of inner fragmentation, a search for coherence. Ambrotype on circular glass (wet plate collodion).Diameter: 25.4 cm. Double and triple exposures. Camera: ULF Tamura Nisshindo 10×12? (reduced to 10×10?) + 300mm lens.