For thousands of years, our technologies have been aimed outward, to control our environment. Now, we have started a process of aiming our technologies inward. Technology is nesting itself within us. In us: think of brain implants.
With this photo series, I want to show the technology that embeds itself in us. The way in which the new technologies are shown is based on an anatomy cabinet, what I call a wonder room. The anatomical cabinet of Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731) is a great source of inspiration for me. The preparations of Ruysch are located at the interface of art and science.
Cara Louwman (The Netherlands, 1967) is a contemporary fine art photographer specialized in creating images that tells a story. Inspired by her personal memories and influenced by different cultures, she uses photography as a mean to stage an idea and to present new perspectives on contemporary subjects. Her photographs are characterized by the use of multiple layers. Sometimes literally, like her staged still lifes in her studio. She creates images that are often different from a direct representation of reality.
Awards Cara's photographs have won several awards, including category winner for her series ROOTING at Siena Creative Photo Award 2020, Book Photographer of the Year 2020 for her book ROOTING at MIFA Moscow International Photo Awards, gold and silver for her book ROOTING at PX3 Prix de la Photography Paris 2020, silver for her book ROOTING at Tokyo Foto Awards 2020, gold and first place for her series Wonder Room at TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards 2019 and silver for her series MOOD at PX3 Prix de la Photography Paris 2018.
Further, her photographs have been exhibited at 'I wonder if you can' in Sienna (2020), Moscow International Foto Awards in Moscow and Simferopol (2020-2021), GUP NEW Dutch Photography Talent in Amsterdam (2020), Atlas of Humanity in Galerie Joseph le Marais in Paris (2019), Anima Mundi Festival during Venice Art Biennale (2019), BredaPhoto Festival (2018), ZomerExpo in Museum de Fundatie (2017) and Kamp Amersfoort (from April 2015 onwards).
