Lundi 19 Janvier 2015 14:34:00 par actuphoto dans Expositions

Andrés Figueroa est né à Santiago, au Chili, en juillet 1974. Il découvre la photographie à l’âge de 15 ans et rejoint un laboratoire photographique de noir et blanc. Il se consacre alors à dépeindre le monde qui l’entoure, travaillant obsessionnellement pour développer ses compétences d’autodidacte. Il étudie la photographie à « la Escuela de Foto Arte » au Chili. Parallèlement, il développe son travail d'auteur, créant divers projets personnels. Et, depuis 1998, il a fait du portrait son moyen d’expression de prédilection.

Ce projet aspire à créer une archive d'image digne de la culture religieuse populaire qui existe au nord du Chili et l'objectif principal est de dessiner ensemble le spectateur et les personnes qui sont les protagonistes des cérémonies traditionnelles représentant un patrimoie culturel, religieux et vivant.

Le travail du photographe, coloré et puissant est donc à venir découvrir à la galerie ART LIGUE.


Andrés Figueroa was born in Santiago, Chile, in July of 1974. He discovered photography when he was only 15 years old when he joined a B&W photographic laboratory workshop. Since then he has dedicated himself to portraying the world that surrounds him, working obsessively to develop his self-taught skills. Once he finished school, he joined the Chilean Photo Art School, where he studied Professional Photography. Since 1998 he has worked as an editorial, commercial and industrial photographer. Parallel to this, he developed his authorial work, creating diverse personal projects. Since 1998 the focus of his work has been photographic portraits.

The project Desert Dancers, aspires to create a dignified image archive of the popular religious culture that exists at the north of Chile. Throughout an in situ photographic exploration, the artist endeavors to create a bridge between the spectator and the culture, describing its richness, diversity and significance. The main objective is draw together the spectator and the people who are the protagonists of the traditional ceremonies that represent a cultural, religious, living patrimony.