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LIGHT ON: Diogo Duarte

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Portuguese artist Diogo Duarte defines himself as an image maker. “Photography is the vehicle through which I express and escape from my myself.”

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In “Unconscious Commands and Judgements of our Century“, a self-portrait project, Diogo ‘performs’ different aspects of his personality in front of the camera, with the intention to create an inner dialogue of self-acceptance.

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In the staged photographs, every single character plays a role, talking to each other, in a constant swing between freedom of expression and repression. Aspects of Diogo’s personality that were once hidden away, are amplified and exaggerated in front of a surreal backdrop.

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“Most of my ideas arise naturally in the form of intrusive images, which I then add to or take away from during the development stage.

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Whilst working in mental health services, I’ve become fascinated with how non acceptance of oneself and one’s surroundings causes so much unhappiness. I bring into my practice as an artist all the emotions, thoughts and stories we’d rather avoid and that, if acquainted with, can have a fascinating transformative effect.

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I have a strong attraction to the hidden side of things – or ‘shadows’ – latent in every single thing that surrounds us and often spend most of my time investigating their origins and close relationship with Culture  – trying to answer the child like question of why do ‘shadows’ exist. And more often than not, poking fun at it.”

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Images courtesy of Diogo Duarte  

Discover: www.diogo-duarte.com

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