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Vari Caramés
Antique photography, silver bromide gelatin, unique, multiexposition coffee shop

2010

$3,092.92
£2,291.31
€2,600
CA$4,254.14
A$4,731.82
CHF 2,482.31
MX$57,738.97
NOK 31,156.09
SEK 29,360.83
DKK 19,796.06

About the Item

Vari Caramés (1953, Ferrol) walks along the edges of the image. In his photographs, there are no certainties, only atmospheres. This early series, in is a tribute to the vanishing moment. Floating bodies, fading lights, and escaping reflections. The photograph measures 30,5 x 38,5 cm and is framed. It is an analog photograph, Made in the traditional way and revealed, from silver bromide. It is a unique specimen that has not been further revealed. It is on display in the "The Future Will Be Prehistoric" exhibition at the Manolo Eirin Gallery until September 20, 2025. Caramés's work operates from the uncapturable. In his series, water becomes photographic material: shadow, reflection, distortion. The black and white, far from neutralizing the image, accentuates its ambiguity. The figures swim, float, or disappear, suspended between the sunlight and the density of the water. Vari is heir to a poetic sensibility that we might associate with Robert Frank or Saul Leiter, but with a way of seeing closer to the spiritual. His photographs don't document, they evoke. In this exhibition, the pieces function as memories of a world that perhaps never existed, but which we nevertheless feel as deeply our own.
  • Creator:
    Vari Caramés (1953, Spanish)
  • Creation Year:
    2010
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.01 in (30.5 cm)Width: 15.16 in (38.5 cm)Depth: 1.58 in (4 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Carballo, ES
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2117216843322

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