The traditional Mediterranean family has inspired the work of Ewa Surowiec, who set up a living portrait of the Sanna-Family, inspired by the relation between old paintings and photography, as the artist says:
“In the past painters used to work for rich, noble families, to freeze the significant, often idealistic features of the person, then with the time the form was varying and changing. The photographic medium allowed grasping the moment, but enforced people to fake their expressions. Psychological deepness of the painting was depending on the intention and talent of the painter. He was long time interpreting and filtering personalities of his subject. In the case of photography the factor of coincidence was essential. The family photos became even casual part of life. Portraits have always been also a kind of way of immortalizing banality and embalming memories”
“In the past painters used to work for rich, noble families, to freeze the significant, often idealistic features of the person, then with the time the form was varying and changing. The photographic medium allowed grasping the moment, but enforced people to fake their expressions. Psychological deepness of the painting was depending on the intention and talent of the painter. He was long time interpreting and filtering personalities of his subject. In the case of photography the factor of coincidence was essential. The family photos became even casual part of life. Portraits have always been also a kind of way of immortalizing banality and embalming memories”
FAMILI PORTRAIT- video stills
LOSING SHARPNESS - video stills
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