The Hand

• Prize
  Silver in Fine Art/Special Effects
• Photographer
  Anne-Claire Vimal Du Monteil
• Website
  https://anneclairevdm.cargocollective.com/

Sometimes the artist knows what she wants to express, sometimes she discovers it along the way. This picture is the first of a « fantasy tale like » series. It came to me through a vision: a little girl grows a hand in a pot, she lovingly and tenderly takes care of it. The plants on the wall around the girl are free and thinking creatures. The hand is one of the most expressive parts of the body. It takes, it gives and it has a great ability to express our thoughts and emotions. The potted hand and its relationship with the girl will grow in the series to come.

• Biography
  Anne-Claire Vimal du Monteil has been living in Montreal for the past 11 years. She worked in culture and cinema in Paris and then chose to become a high end retoucher and commercial photographer 14 years ago. In 2016, she transitioned to fine art photography and developed her research with different techniques and expressions within the medium.
• Awards
  - Applied Arts Awards 2020 (Toronto) : winner, Portrait category, Salma, Flower portraits. - Concours Lux 2019 (Montréal) : Finalist, 2 awarded projects, In the bedroom (personal research category) and Urban Vegetation, part 2 (Land- scape/Nature category) - International Color Awards, ICA 12, 2019 : short list, Fine Art category, Ghosts 03 - Monochrome Photography Awards, MPA 2018 (international) : Honorable mention, Portrait category, Respire ! - Monochrome Photography Awards, MPA 2018 (international) : Honorable mention, Portrait category, Fanny - Monochrome Photography Awards, MPA 2018 (international) : Honorable mention, Portrait category, 5 senses, vision - International Photography Awards IPA 2018 : Honorable mention, Fine Art photography category, portrait, Apparition and various moods of a bathtub naiad - International Photography Awards IPA 2018 : Honorable mention, Fine Art photography category, portrait, Breathe ! - Applied Arts Awards 2018 (Toronto): winner, catégorie Portrait, Portrait of a bathtub naiad specimen - Tokyo International Foto Awards TIFA 2017 : Finalist, Gold Award, Fine Art photography category, special effects, Ghosts - Tokyo International Foto Awards TIFA 2017 : Finalist, Silver Award, Nature category, Seasons, And starts the fight - Prix de la Photographie Paris PX3 2016 (international) : Honorable mention, Ghosts