Standing as a bold and definitive monument of contemporary Latin American and international documentation, masterfully challenges traditional portrait staging by converting human figures into an authoritarian, architectural statement within the discipline of international fine art underwater photography. The visual arrangement tracks an intense, deeply meditative graphic rhythm where a suspended organic silhouette splits the frame, transforming the traditional borders between purity, goodness, and alternative counter-cultural environments into an undeniable architectural gravity that represents an altered perception of human feeling.
The angel is a being that religion has bequeathed us as a sign of purity, innocence, and goodness, from the same source, we have been sold to the devil as the form that represents evil par excellence, and at all times we have used between the duality of what's good and bad. Goodness, evil, naivety, and sin, a diatribe that has ruled humanity for as long as we can think back. This sample, beyond being a judgment, is the gaze of a creator who, after more than 30 years dedicated to portraiture, has managed to know, experience, and interpret many of the facets of the HUMAN feeling.
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Fine Art Underwater Photography - Half Angels Half Demons #8, 2010
Half Angels Half Demons #8, 2010
From the series Half Angels Half Demons
Archival Pigment Print
Limited Edition.
Unframed
Born and based in Colombia, Mauricio Vélez has been an active photographer for over 30 years. A graduate of the European Institute of Design in Italy, Vélez has developed an extensive body of work across Latin America, the United States, and Spain. His photographs are found in highly prestigious collections at national and international level.
