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HANG ON by Sophal Neak

Delhi Photo Festival 2015

Delhi Photo Festival

Delhi Photo Festival
New Delhi, India

Neak Sophal is seriously pursuing her exploration of contemporary Cambodian society. After a series of pictures in the countryside, in which she used the leaves of plants and trees to create portraits without faces in the landscape, she is now working in the city. Always putting the question of identity at the center of her work, Neak Sophal asked men and women to pose for her in the street, hiding their faces behind the objects that characterize them. Often these objects are related to their jobs. Each one loses his or her identity behind that which ultimately characterizes all: their work. Choosing each time the perfect distance, without effect, the photographer builds a strange documentary series, an inventory of functions behind which the individual disappears. We get a sense of a rigid society, stress and no real possibility to escape. The choice of the backgrounds, their colors and textures make a beautiful collection, at the same time diverse and strict.

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  • Title: HANG ON by Sophal Neak
  • Creator: Delhi Photo Festival 2015
  • Photographer's site: sophalneak.wordpress.com
  • Photographer: Sophal Neak
  • About the Photographer: Sophal Neak (b. 1989, Cambodia), graduated at the Royal University of Fine Arts, is considered one of the rising talents of the Cambodian art scene with a clear and determined vision. She has been actively involved in workshops and group exhibitions locally and internationally over the last five years including Jorng Jam II (Brisban, Australia, 2015), Photo Phnom Penh Festival (Phnom Penh, 2015), Angkor Photo Festival (Won the first prize of the workshop, 2014), Spot Art (Singapore, 2014), Hong Kong International Photo Festival (Hong Kong, 2014), Asian Eye Culture (Thailand, 2014), Jong Jam I (Bophana, 2014), KepExpo ( Kampot, 2013), Voice of Tacitness Exhibition (China, 2013), Our City Festival (2012), SurVivArt (Meinblau, Berlin, 2012), PhotoPhnomPenh (2010, 2012), Big Eyes (Sa Sa Art Gallery, 2011) and Hey Sister, Where Are You Going (Sovanna Shopping Mall, 2010).
  • #DPF2015: The image featured here is from the above-mentioned work that will be shown at the Delhi Photo Festival 2015 from October 30 to November 8, 2015 at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), CV Mess, Janpath, New Delhi.
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