This mesmerizing piece of fine art photography showcases Leo Matiz’s innate capacity to discover abstract geometric poetry within raw physical reality. The composition isolates the precise moment of liquid impact, transforming a water droplet into a dynamic radiating matrix of textured ripples. Matiz masterfully manipulates light, trapping brilliant silver highlights against a deep, contrasting void. All photographs are accompanied by a " Leo Matiz Estate" certificate of originality and a label.
Black and white photographs that reveal the various facets and aesthetic searches of the legendary Colombian photographer, recognized as the creator of memorable realistic, abstract and avant-garde images. They turned Leo Matiz into one of the most original and innovative personalities of universal photography in the 20th century.
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Fine Art Photography - Gota de Agua, by Leo Matiz
Gota de Agua
From Black & White series
Archival Pigment
Dimensions:
Image size: 4 H x 7.5 W in.
Frame size: 11.5 H x 13.5 W x 1.5 D in.
Wood Frame
Matiz was born in Aracataca, Colombia, in Garcia Márquez's Macondo, in 1917. His photography witnessed the most significant events in our history. Matiz also had important contributions in the fields of advertising, cinema, caricature, and the art market, the latter by founding the first art gallery in Bogotá, in which the work of Fernando Botero was exhibited for the first time. Matiz lived many years in Mexico in a period of incomparable intensity and enthusiasm. The photographer Matiz has been internationally recognized and was decorated by the French government as "Chevalier des Arts et des Letters" in 1995. He also received the "Filo D'Argento Award" in Florence, Italy, and the government of Colombia paid tribute to him in 1988. Matiz died in 1998, but his work will endure for posterity. The work of Leo Matiz is exhibited at the MoMA in New York.
