Photographer: R E G I S E C O
In 1993, having successfully completed my studies in communications and media at the University of Lima I took an intensive course in photography. I then began to work as a fashion photographer, I have won awards and prizes in several Peruvian fashion photography contests. I have developed catalogs, exhibitions, portfolios, fashion editions and work extensively with, designers and non conventional models in Peru‚ fashion context. I have been influenced by movies, modern dance, and T.V. music videos. My art is essentially concerned with color. I work primarily with naturally lighting effects, film processing and printing techniques. In the late 90s‚ I began working more on portraits for musicians, writers, actors, weddings and advertising photography. I came to New York in 1999 and began producing party and social portraits. I introduce the use of computer design and touch-up techniques, continuing my overall interest in color. In 2005 I won the annual "Brassai Award", Photography contest organized by Encounter with the Arts (ECARTE) in Peru. June 2006 I won 1st and 2nd place "Estampas de Vida", international art competition organized by Hispanics Aids of Forum - New York, juried contest featuring works of Latino Visual artist, celebrating community health and self-respect.I am currently working on personal projects concerning portraits of people.
Artist's Statement
I want my work to be the media through which I reveal humans as the main characters in images that I construct from my imagination, or in other occasions, that I might have fortuitiously bumped into during my everyday life. It is, basically, gay photography that shows fantasies and pleasures, but that also expresses pride and liberty in having a sexual option different from the majority of people. The fact that I lived in a country such as Peru, where many topics related to sexuality are still taboo, made me censor myself for a long period of time, limiting myself thematically. Now I feel I can let loose my creativity, so I seek to create images without taking into account boundaries of any type. I don't censor myself when something comes to mind. I don't have to worry about what others will think when I create and ellaborate my ideas. The images are created by me, and the spectator has the liberty to interpret and determine what he wants to see in them in a personal way. Liberty is then total, for me as a creator and the audience as the beholders.
Web site: http://WWW.REGISCEBRIAN.COM
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