Alejandro Cartagena – Sueños
“This series aims to explore the idea of the body as an expressive symbol. The intention is to be closer to what might happens in the dream through the contortions of the body. Frightening or exciting, they carry the body to absorb the feelings of imagination during these overnight trips. Using a minimal color palette, getting closer to a pictorial representation, the photos are narrative; they invite the visitors to decipher what the model is dreaming about.”
[…] More images and other projects on Alejandro Cartagena’s website. Alejandro Cartagena (b. 1977) was born in Dominican Republic and lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico. His work has been exhibited and published internationally and in several public and private collections in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, and the United States. He is the recipient of several major national grants, numerous honorable mentions and acquisition prizes in Mexico and abroad. He has been featured once on Oitzarisme with Suenos. […]