Renata Dutrée graduated from the Photo Academy in Amsterdam in December 2019. She specializes in Fine Art photography.
In my art I try to express my personal consciousness of the often suppressed feelings of pain, sorrow and shame or guilt of the human condition. I’m fascinated by the deeply hidden pain of traumas in our minds and hope to reveal something about their existence via my photography. It is the injustice and the continuing inequality in our societies that fuels my passion for photography. Some of us have to carry the burden of being discriminated, victimized and outright outcast just because of the color of our skin, gender or gender identity. Those afflicted are supposed to do that in silence.
My work speaks about us, humanity, of the aftermath of the difficulties and blessings we meet in life on our psyche. It transcends the individual story and reflects on what happens around us. The people I photograph are often ambassadors for the LGBTQI community and I specifically choose them because of what they stand for. They want to break the silence and actively seek to be seen, to be respected and to be treated as equals.
The recurring themes in my work deal with hiding and/or revealing and the feminine versus the masculine. I’m looking for this particular point in time where one is on the edge of opening up or choosing to remain silent. For me photography is a continuous quest to find beauty in everyone and anything. It is a way in which I can undo what has been done with the use of a camera. It is a portal to an imaginary world where this hidden pain is acknowledged by creating the kind of perfection that comes with a dark side to it. I mainly create these images in my studio using my own imagination. Even though the image might be fiction, my imagery reveals a deeper truth.
You have this first glance and then there is a sense of apprehension that fills the compositions – objects act as metaphors for something else happening beyond the frame. Drawing the eye through bold aesthetics, colors and props, the images then tell a story that is more than just a pretty picture. The narrative often gently unfolds in the expressions of the subjects or in their postures. There is a sense of mystery, things that are left unrevealed. It evokes feelings of longing, escape and might-have-beens.
I hope to both arouse curiosity in the viewer and create awareness. By using seductive imagery to draw the viewers eye, I hope to pique their interest into wanting to know more about it and reflect on what they think they see.
Hopefully my work also offers solace to viewers who might experience my imagery as something close to life as they know it.
AWARDS
- 7th Annual Fine Art Photography Awards,
- Two Nominees in the category Fine Art
- one with the Still Life series series “Time Will Tell”
- one with the series “Blue Moves”
- Nominee in the category Portrait with the portrait series ”Time Will Tell”
- Nominee in the category Other with single image “Blue Moves”.
- Two Nominees in the category Fine Art
- 6th Annual Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards 2021, winner with the series “Shadows of my Mind”
- TIFA Awards 2020,
- Bronze in the category Fine Art-Portrait with the portrait series ”Time Will Tell”
- Two Honorable Mentions
- one in the category Fine Art -Other with the series “Blue Moves”
- one in the category Fine Art-Still Life with the Still Life series “Time Will Tell”.
- IPA Awards 2020,
- Two Honorable Mentions in the category Fine Art/Portrait
- one with the series “Memories, Memorials, Momentum and Mixed Moods”
- one with the series “Presence a State of Mind”.
- Two Honorable Mentions in the category Fine Art/Portrait
- 15th POLLUX Awards 2020,
- 1st place Winner in the category Still life with the “Time Will Tell” series
- 1st place Winner in the category Portrait single with “Daniel With Flowers”,
- Six Honorable Mentions
- one in category Fine Art with the portrait series “Time Will Tell”
- five in category Portrait single.
- GUPNew 2020 Photography Talent
- Lensculture Portrait Awards 2020 finalist with “Daniel With Flowers”, single image
- Lensculture Black&White Photography Awards 2020 finalist with “Shadows of my Mind”, series
- Nominated DuPho SO Student Award 2020
- Life Framer Colors Winners 2020 with “Presence a State of Mind IV”
EXHIBITIONS
- Upcoming Biennial festival Masterly the Hague september 2021 www.masterlythehague.com
- 2021 group exhibition 6thBiennal Gala Awards FotoNostrum, FotoNostrum Mediterranean House Of Photography, Barcelona, may-june
- 2021 group exhibition Featureshoot Winners ,East London, april
- 2021 SXSW festival Austin,march 16-20, New Dutch Wave, selection of Dutch Photography (DuPho)
- 2020 group exhibition Life Framer Photography Prize Edition VI, Rotterdam_Contour Gallery, 2021 Paris_Galerie&co119, 2021 Milan_Officine Fotografiche
- 2020 group exhibition Podium MH Hilversum
- 2019 group exhibition Expo Still Amsterdam
- 2019 group exhibition GUPNew Amsterdam
- 2014 group exhibition masterclass Breda Photo
PUBLICATIONS
- Life Framer inclusion in The Collection of the series “Time will Tell” (online 2020)
- Artwista International Network to find Contemporary Art (online 2020)
- Uncoated_Platform, Collection of Contemporary Photo Talent with the series “Time Will Tell” (online 2020)
- EuropeNow Journal (8-12-2020)
- Hello Gorgeous issue 31, (summer 2020)
- Kiekie the art issue no 30, (june 2020)
- Aesthetica Magazine web (23-06-2020)
- Fotonostrum Magazine issue 3, (30-05-2020)
- Het Parool, (18-04-2020)
- SHUTR photo (issue 4, 2019)
- De Gaykrant, (13-08-2019)
- Het Parool, (17-11-2018)
- Winq, (22-08-2017)