Out of focus nudity

• Prize
• Photographer
  Dimo Dimov, Bulgaria

Nudity has become so easily available nowadays that people seem to
have been getting resistant to it. The image of a naked beauty in
contemporary consumerist society is being constantly used to sell
everything – from toilet paper to cars. As a result nudity has lost its
genuine aesthetic qualities and has become a mere tool for capturing
buyers’ emotions counting on the activation of sexual instincts and
suppressing the antique philosophical meaning attributed to the well
shaped human body as an emanation of unity between the outer and
inner human selves. My photo series try to explore if nakedness can be
perceived in a way different from that of sheer sexuality, and closer to
the ancient notion of perfection, and if we are able to capture and
respect nude aesthetics in blurred images that only hint on the real
bodies’ shapes and contours.

• Awards
  -FOCUS photo l.a. Top 20 finalist, FOCUS photo l.a. Winter 2016 edition -ND Awards (Neutral Density Awards) Honorable Mention - Fine Art - Conceptual Honorable Mention - Fine Art - Conceptual Honorable Mention - People - Portrait Honorable Mention - Fine Art - Nudes Honorable Mention - Fine Art - Other Honorable Mention - Special - Open Theme -IPA - International Photography Awards Honorable Mention in category Fine Art- Nudes -ArtSlant Prize 9th ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner -ArtSlant Prize 7th ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner 2016 Exhibitions -SHOW YOUR WORLD, 2nd International Juried Exhibition, Gallery MC, New York City, USA (digital projection); -Group show "Out of the city" at Atelier Alen gallery in Munich, Germany (second place BEST OF SHOW WINNER); -Group Show “Haunted” at Darkroom gallery in Essex Junction, Vermont, USA; -2ND Annual Group Show at Davis Orton Gallery in Hudson, NY, USA- juried by Paula Tognarelli; -Group Show "Stories" at PH21 Gallery in Budapest, Hungary; -Group Show “Travelling” at Blank Wall Gallery in Athens, Greece; -Graduation Show 2016 at National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. 2015 Exhibitions -International Exhibition for Paper Art, in the framework of Sofia Paper Art Fest, Bulgaria.