Up and Coming: Lourdes Cabrera

Emotion dominates my images, a circumstance without my vision of beauty would not exist. I am intrigued or interested on the way my models are or move. As I look through the lens, they transform into characters from a film or a novel. Through the use of subtle lighting, I attempt to transport the viewer’s mind to unsettling scenes beyond the boundaries of the photograph, towards a series of previous and subsequent imaginary moments.

Faces and bodies wander in an atmosphere of mystery and fragility without offering a clear message and as such, preserving the subjectivity of the viewer. I push my models to surrender their true selves, drawing looks from them to transmit the emotional deterioration of my characters and reveal the insinuations and identities that proceed from my memories and my subconscious.

After graduating in Biology Lourdes completed a Masters in Photography at EFTI in Madrid. She has worked as an assistant for fashion, advertisement and signature photographers such as Jesús Alonso, Eugenio Recuenco, Adrian Tyler, Stefania Paparelli, Esperanza Moyá, Alique, Rubén Vega, Daniel Plá, Sara Zorraquino, Pedro Vikingo and Rafa Gallar.

Her pictures have been published in El País Semanal, Rock de Luxe, Shots Magazine, and 10x15Blog. She also gives workshops at the Casa Encendida and the European Institute of Design in Madrid. In 2009, Lourdes was shortlisted at PhotoEspaña and took part in their collective exhibition.

Festival of Culture 2010

A few snapshots of our latest participation as a Collective in Somers Town Festival of Culture 2010, which took place on July the 10th in Camden, London.

Up and Coming: Axel Muñoz

Under Treatment

Today I woke up and asked myself who I am, and how is it that I got here. Not in the sense of going through a mental blackout, but about how I became the person I am today and all I've lost in the process.

We have to sacrifice some things in order to gain others, these other things fall into oblivion and re-emerge years later under the parameter of "nostalgia." Where did my relationship with my brother go, how come I decided to stop my music interest all together, why did I choose to study film, how come I stopped being a child and how this makes me be who I am today. I believe that we will never stop being children as for we are always playing with our beloved ones although we simply forget to do it more spontaneously.

This photographic project works as a self-portrait exercise which means to present reconstructed scenes which have stayed in my head and that rotate on a loop to remind me that I am still around and that I will continue to exist even though most of it will be forgotten by some. However, I wont forget them, as I possess these impressions of light. These images function as a therapy treatment to overcome the loss of those precious moments, the nostalgia that links us to our childhood, the introspective gaze with which we perceive our present and the deeds of those who do not speak, what we hide when we look at ourselves and the lies that exist within the family.

Axel Muñoz

Born in Mexico City (1989) he studied a BA Degree in Film and Television. His main interests revolve around light as the essence of photography.

He creates from the impulse to speak about different emotional situations that help him dismember the emotional nature of things, for him the light is what changes and destroys everything around him and for this reason he uses photography with a metaphorical approach to stop the effects of light and prevent the loss of memory, which help him to reflect on existence itself.

Centrepoint at Somers Town Festival of Culture 2010

We will be taking part of this exciting project on Saturday 10th of July. Street performers, ethnic food vendors, fairground attractions and great art will come together for this glorious celebration. Come along! Find details here.

Centrepoint featured at BlankPages Magazine

These are the PDF's from BlankPages Magazine, where we have been featured. They wanted us to explain many things about what we do and why. So we did. We don't recommend you to read all that. It's probably not very healthy. However, if you want to, you can find it here.

Centrepoint at the MicroAid Ball

Here you are some snaps taken last Saturday, 3rd of July at King's College, London. We were invited to show some of our work as part of the MicroAid charity annual Dance Ball.

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Issue 24 July 2010 Blank Media Collective

Centrepoint Collective has been featured this month in an Online magazine produced by Blankmedia Collective. We would like to thank them for this opportunity. Please have a look at www.blankmediacollective.org/blankpages Pdf version available.

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