| July 1, 2011 | ART | Posted by James Watkins |
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Digital photographers have become virtually omnipresent. Anyone with a point-and-shoot-happy-snapper or an i-phone now has the ability to create images on a whim. This has allowed a vast mass of awful “here’s one I prepared earlier” sepia and rose tinted atrocities. Conversely, the freedom is also liberating in a lot of ways and the accessibility of photography has meant that now, more than ever, the onus has fallen back onto photographers to respond positively and lift their game by waving their cameras proudly above the parapet of mediocrity. Zena Hollway is one such image maker, and is an artist whose work speaks eloquently and waxes poetic with, or without a pleasant blurb framing her photographs.
But it’s fun to write about so bear with us…
There is something seductive, something engaging and hypnotic about flawless, angelic sirens suspended in water, tangled amidst the gauze trappings of their own gowns. It’s evocative, romantic, silencing and engenders feminine, womb-like notions. Therein exists a strong, over-powering mood. There’s the immense expanse of the ocean, the total loss of gravity and space and within this blankness, this nothingness, a solitary subject hovers inside a void of no limit. She could be a mermaid, a lost soul, a drowning Ophelia or an angel. Whatever it is, there’s immediately a story that wants to be told.
Born in Bahrain but raised in London, Zena travelled the globe at 18 and developed a love for the ocean and all its whispered secrets. Working as a scuba diver, she established a career in the underwater film industry and from there developed her unique style of photography. Scintillating, effervescent and endless – with the ability to transport the viewer straight into a theatrical narrative. Work of this calibre is born from countless inspirations but she lists Bruno Dayan, Mert and Marcus and Sophie Delaporte amongst her most influential.
Her love of water came before photography and she has never considered shooting elsewhere. Although shooting underwater can be mentally and physically limiting for some, for Zena it is hard to extract the water from her art. She says it would be like “changing horses in the middle of a race”.
Completely self-taught – her finesse behind the camera, coupled with her acute, artistic sense of aesthetic and her determination to improve has led to deserved recognition and success. Her photos themselves are truly a marvel, a visual celebration and exploration into the mind of a world class contemporary artist.
Words: Melissa Kuttan & James Watkins
Posted on 04. Jan, 2010 by Ferman
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