Rooting - Becoming Roots

• Prize
  Silver in Book/People
• Jury Top 5 Selection

  Beliy Den

• Photographer
  Cara Louwman
• Agency / Studio
  Cara Louwman Photography
• Technical Info
  Photographs are made in my studio in a transparent white box
• Photo Date
  2019
• Website
  http://www.caralouwmanphotography.com

Cara and Yuen Yee (sisters-in-law), a photographer and writer, embarked on a journey to investigate their relationship with their ancestors and how to bring their family histories into their own lives. Cara and Yuen Yee are also family. That is why, next to their own way of bringing their roots to the lived present, they interpreted each other's work: Cara by photographing Yuen Yee's family photographs, and Yuen Yee by interpreting Cara's work through words. Through their bond, they give rise to the merging of families, the inoculation of roots, fortifying them.

• Biography
  Cara Louwman (The Netherlands, 1967) is a contemporary fine art photographer specialized in creating images that tells a story. She uses photography as a mean to stage an idea and to present new perspectives on contemporary subjects. Her photographs are characterized by the use of multiple layers, sometimes literally, sometimes figuratively. She creates images that are often different from a direct representation of reality. A recurring source of inspiration are cabinets of curiosities.
• Awards
  My photos have won several awards, including category winner for my series ROOTING at Siena Creative Photo Award 2020, Book Photographer of the Year 2020 for my book ROOTING at MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards, second place in the category book at PX3 Prix de la Photographic Paris 2020 and gold and first place for my series Wonder Room at TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards 2019. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam included my photo book ROOTING in their Special Collection.