/ 2025 / Fine Art / People

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  David Masoko, Netherlands
• Studio
  David Masoko
• Website
  https://www.davidmasoko.com/

Figures in the Fold is an exploration of human form withdrawn from recognition. Solitary figures, seen from behind, emerge from blank space; their edges blur and dissolve—not as flaws, but as intentional visual strategies. Each image remains intentionally fragmentary, offering only outlines, volumes, and traces. Digitally isolated with muted tones, these images reference classical drapery studies, reflecting on anonymity in an age of hyper-visibility. Identity is withheld; what remains is simply form: quiet, suspended, almost disappearing.

David Masoko is a Dutch visual artist. His work explores presence, absence, and the quiet intensity of everyday life in urban environments. Rooted in an interest in memory, displacement, and anonymity, his projects often take the form of poetic visual archives or observational diptychs. He works under a pseudonym to emphasize the invisibility of the author and to invite open interpretation.