Carolle Bénitah :: From: “Jamais je ne t’oublierai” (series). 2018 Virginia Award | src L’œil de la photographie
“I will never forget you is a work on family memory, happy and fantasized, confronted with negative memories. […] I rebuild the memory of my family that I did not have, invented a tailor made one where I resurrect all the people who have disappeared, the territories that I did not know and were praised.” (quoted from source)
Carolle Bénitah :: From: “Jamais je ne t’oublierai” (series). 2018 Virginia Award | src L’œil de la photographie
“I will never forget you is a work on family memory, happy and fantasized, confronted with negative memories. […] I rebuild the memory of my family that I did not have, invented a tailor made one where I resurrect all the people who have disappeared, the territories that I did not know and were praised.” (quoted from source)
So…earlier today I was just fiddling around with some apps while looking for a way to censor the nipples in a photo for social media, and ended up doing something completely different.
I just couldn’t seem to find a single satisfactory way to censor the nipples, but I followed my instincts down a different route. On one smartphone, I restructured the image in MirrorLab and spruced it up a little in Snapseed, then on another smartphone (which I only use for editing) I painted and styled it in iColorama, and lastly on the computer I retouched it and repainted the facial features in Photoshop.
I’m glad I give myself space for spontaneous productivity, because sometimes the urge takes hold of me (in fact it is often born of frustration) and I follow it down a rapid, entirely novel stream.
I didn’t have a plan at all for the end result, but at some point I caught distinct Art Nouveau vibes and took it in that direction. What do you think?
You could buy this picture on a print or some other fun objects on my Redbubble.
See more of my digital dabblings including nudes and erotics on my Patreon.
Mahmoud Alkurd is a self-taught conceptual and fine art photographer grew up in Gaza. Driven by passion and eagerness, he started creating photos that illustrate specific concepts in an artistic way. “We Breathe Freedom” is the recent-unfinished series that turns into poetic stagings the conflict that hits his region for many years. Mahmoud participated in many worldwide exhibitions and won many local and international awards.
