Apariencias

• Prize
• Photographer
  Catherine Armand, Spain

This work is a reflection on the accelerated pace of modern life in
which there isn't time for anything. The whole world and everything
in it is speeding up. This acceleration seems to be linked to modern
technologies, to the globalization and to the pressure that the
human being applies upon itself or others to profit and maximize
each and every second of the day. Instant achievement rules.
However, time itself hasn’t changed; there is still 24 hours in a day.
It has become more and more difficult to stay still as constant
emotional stimulus is incited. But, is all that running necessary ?
From the moment the alarm clock rings in the morning, a race
against time begins, a counter clock present all day which stress will
diminish as time to rest approaches. And this happens day after
day, like a wheel which rotates and initiates the inevitable infernal
countdown frenetic pace of a new day that is just beginning,
apparently, like any other normal day.
The circular shape expresses the wheel of time that rotates
endlessly. The unchanging over time marked by the movement of
the planets is recreated by the landscape. The body in movement
reflects the accelerated pace of modern society.

Awards 2014
VIII Convocatoria de Artes Plasticas Mulier Mulieris, Museo de Arte de la Universidad de Alicante (Spain). Catalogue
6th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards: Third prize in the children category and finalist in Fine Art category.
V Festival de Fotografía PA-TA-TA of Granada (Spain). Finalist.
3rd International Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography. Municipal Heritage Museum of Málaga (Spain). Catalogue

2013
Mínimos - Galería Cero, Madrid (Spain).
III Exposición Benéfica de Arte de la Fundación Pablo Horstmann. Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (Spain)
XIV Certámenes Artísticos, Ciudad de Tomelloso, Ciudad Real (Spain). Catalogue. Finalist

2012
International Fine Art Photography Competition: Grand Prix de la Découverte, Juror Award of Merit in the portrait category, Paris (France).
XIII Certámenes Artísticos, Ciudad de Tomelloso, Ciudad Real (Spain). Catalogue. First prize
Festival Tarazona-Foto, Zaragoza, (Spain). Catalogue
“Pasión, fotografías en la azotea”, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (Spain).
Masters, EFTI, Madrid (Spain). Catalogue

2011
“Portraits: a photographic exhibition”, PHotoEspaña 2011, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (Spain)
Map11, Festival de la photographie de Toulouse. Concours Européen des Ecoles de Photographies, Toulouse (France). Finalist.