Gold in Fine Art/Nudes / 2025 / Fine Art / Nudes

• Prize
  Gold in Fine Art/Nudes
• Photographer
  Ángel Gurría-Quintana, United Kingdom
• Website
  https://www.lensculture.com/angel-gurria-quintana

The Japanese concept of ukiyo denotes a transient or fleeting state – a floating world.

Through its unpredictable chemistry, instant photography gestures towards that fleetingness.

The emulsion lift process takes the concept of ukiyo one step further: detached from the plastic backing of a Polaroid print, the sensitised film literally floats away.

There is serendipity, too, as the delicate membrane adheres to the cotton rag paper, adding texture to two-dimensional pictures.

Every stage of the process brings some unpredictability. The resulting images are ethereal, otherworldly.

Ángel Gurría-Quintana grew up in Mexico City, where he studied photography for many years. Since 1997 he has lived in the U.K. His photographs have been on display in exhibitions in Greece, Mexico, the U.K. and the U.S.A., and have been selected for various online galleries.

Awards Awards and exhibitions:
*Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards, One Shot Street Photo (2019)
*Everything I Ever Learnt, Shutter Hub exhibition, Cambridge (2019)
*Merit, Photoshoot Awards (2019)
*A Color Moment, PhotoPlace Gallery, VT (2019)
*Nominee (Amateur/Fine Art), Fine Art Photography Awards (2018)
*Honourable mention, Monochrome Awards (2018)
*Merit, Photoshoot Awards (2018)
*"In a different light", solo exhibition, Stir, Cambridge (January 2018)
*Photo Portrait Exhibition, curated by Elizabeth Avedon, SxSE Gallery, Molena, GA (November 2017)
*Finalist, TZIPAC Eros Award (October 2017)
*Body/Image, Dark Room Gallery, Essex Junction, VT (2017)
*Portrait, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens (2017)