PHOTOGRAPHY
The camera and the phone are the portable studio. Where an atelier cannot travel, they can. The camera is one instrument among many, a way to hold ideas, moments and observations before they become something else. It remains unseen. No one looks directly into the lens. The work looks for what is present but goes unnoticed.
A photograph made in Greenland reappears in a Kitsch Glitz installation. Videos made in Montana are the origin of the Amplify series.
Arctic Trails (Greenland, 2019) documents what exists at the margins of one of the world’s most remote landscapes: the traces of human presence that coexist with untouched nature.
Williamsburg Sessions (New York, 2019) documents a neighbourhood in transformation: factories reimagined, old structures finding new lives.
Singapore Overexposed (Singapore, 2019 to 2021) presents ordinary scenes of daily life in negative, made before and during the pandemic.
Arctic Trails Series, 2019
Greenland, 2019
I expected untouched landscape. I saw oil tanks alongside fjords. An orca served whole to the sled dogs, shotguns sold at the village store next to bubble gum. A way of life that has sustained Arctic communities for thousands of years: nothing wasted, everything in relationship with nature.
I saw an abandoned American base from the Second World War, left standing in a remote fjord. The Americans travelling in my group saw garbage. I saw the years those men spent in that isolated place, far from everything they knew. The base no longer exists. It was demolished the following year.
House in Kulusuk, 2019
Paula Marcondes | House in Kulusuk | Arctic Trails Series | Greenland 2019 | Pigment on paper, mounted on acrylic | 105 × 70 cm | 41 × 28 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Abandoned hangar, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Abandoned hangar | Arctic Trails Series | Greenland 2019 | Pigment on paper, mounted on acrylic | 70 × 100 cm | 28 × 39 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Rusty barrel, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Rusty barrel | Arctic Trails Series | Greenland 2019 | Pigment on paper, mounted on acrylic | 70 × 120 cm | 28 × 47 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Three states, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Three states | Arctic Trails Series | Greenland 2019 | Pigment on paper, mounted on acrylic | 70 × 100 cm | 28 × 39 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Truck on American base I, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Truck on American base I | Arctic Trails Series | Greenland 2019 | Pigment on paper, mounted on acrylic | 70 × 100 cm | 28 × 39 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Truck on American base II, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Truck on American base II | Arctic Trails Series | Greenland 2019 | Pigment on paper, mounted on acrylic | 70 × 105 cm | 28 × 41 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Permafrost, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Permafrost | Arctic Trails Series | Greenland 2019 | Pigment on paper, mounted on acrylic | 70 × 112 cm | 28 × 44 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Greenland flag, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Greenland flag | Arctic Trails Series | Greenland 2019 | Pigment on paper, mounted on acrylic | 70 × 100 cm | 28 × 39 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Dog food, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Dog food | Arctic Trails Series | Greenland 2019 | Pigment on paper, mounted on acrylic | 81 × 70 cm | 32 × 28 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Advancing, retreating, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Advancing, retreating | Arctic Trails Series | Greenland 2019 | Pigment on paper, mounted on acrylic | 70 × 183 cm | 28 × 72 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Williamsburg Sessions Series, 2019
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 2019
A neighbourhood in transformation: factories reimagined, piers reclaimed, old structures finding new lives. The chimney that once belonged to a factory now rises from a park. The sugar refinery has become something else entirely. Three bridges in the distance, the river between them.
Fire escape ladder in Williamsburg, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Fire escape ladder in Williamsburg | Williamsburg Sessions Series | New York 2019 | Silver gelatin print from digital negative | 13,5 × 10 cm | 5 × 4 in | Cotton museum mount, black frame | 25 × 20 cm | 10 × 8 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Two cities, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Two cities | Williamsburg Sessions Series | New York 2019 | Silver gelatin print from digital negative | 11 × 15 cm | 4 × 6 in | Cotton museum mount, black frame | 20 × 25 cm | 8 × 10 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Facade in Williamsburg, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Facade in Williamsburg | Williamsburg Sessions Series | New York 2019 | Silver gelatin print from digital negative | 15 × 10 cm | 6 × 4 in | Cotton museum mount, black frame | 25 × 20 cm | 10 × 8 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Park with a chimney, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Park with a chimney | Williamsburg Sessions Series | New York 2019 | Silver gelatin print from digital negative | 15 × 10 cm | 6 × 4 in | Cotton museum mount, black frame | 25 × 20 cm | 10 × 8 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Sugar refinery, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Sugar refinery | Williamsburg Sessions Series | New York 2019 | Silver gelatin print from digital negative | 14 × 13 cm | 6 × 5 in | Cotton museum mount, black frame | 25 × 20 cm | 10 × 8 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Through the graffiti, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Through the graffiti | Williamsburg Sessions Series | New York 2019 | Silver gelatin print from digital negative | 15 × 11 cm | 6 × 4 in | Cotton museum mount, black frame | 25 × 20 cm | 10 × 8 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Three bridges, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Three bridges | Williamsburg Sessions Series | New York 2019 | Silver gelatin print from digital negative | 14 × 14 cm | 6 × 6 in | Cotton museum mount, black frame | 25 × 20 cm | 10 × 8 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Manhattan at sunrise, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Manhattan at sunrise | Williamsburg Sessions Series | New York 2019 | Silver gelatin print from digital negative | 10 × 15 cm | 4 × 6 in | Cotton museum mount, black frame | 20 × 25 cm | 8 × 10 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Bicycles in Williamsburg, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Bicycles in Williamsburg | Williamsburg Sessions Series | New York 2019 | Silver gelatin print from digital negative | 15 × 10 cm | 6 × 4 in | Cotton museum mount, black frame | 25 × 20 cm | 10 × 8 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Ice cream truck, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Ice cream truck | Williamsburg Sessions Series | New York 2019 | C-type print from digital negative | 15 × 9 cm | 6 × 4 in | Cotton museum mount, black frame | 25 × 20 cm | 10 × 8 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Singapore Overexposed Series, 2019-2021
Singapore, 2019 to 2021
Ordinary scenes of daily life: a clothes rack drying in the sun, staircases in Tiong Bahru, umbrellas at a gate, women in Chinatown, the public housing estates where most Singaporeans live. Nothing dramatic. Nothing staged.
The images were made before the pandemic. The pandemic changed how I saw them, and I present them in negative in this series.
Drying rack outside
a hair salon in Chinatown, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Drying rack outside a hair salon in Chinatown | Singapore Overexposed Series | Singapore 2019 | Vinyl on clear acrylic in a black shadow box over white backing | Image 40 × 27 cm | 16 × 10 in | Acrylic 44 × 44 cm | 17 × 17 in | Box 50 × 50 × 5 cm | 20 × 20 × 2 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Bak kut teh restaurant
in Tiong Bahru, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Bak kut teh restaurant in Tiong Bahru | Singapore Overexposed Series | Singapore 2019 | Vinyl on clear acrylic in a black shadow box over white backing | Image 28 × 40 cm | 11 × 16 in | Acrylic 44 × 44 cm | 17 × 17 in | Box 50 × 50 × 5 cm | 20 × 20 × 2 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Elderly woman
in Tiong Bahru, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Elderly woman in Tiong Bahru | Singapore Overexposed Series | Singapore 2019 | Vinyl on clear acrylic in a black shadow box over white backing | Image 40 × 30 cm | 16 × 12 in | Acrylic 44 × 44 cm | 17 × 17 in | Box 50 × 50 × 5 cm | 20 × 20 × 2 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Stairs in Tiong Bahru, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Stairs in Tiong Bahru | Singapore Overexposed Series | Singapore 2019 | Vinyl on clear acrylic in a black shadow box over white backing | Image 40 × 26 cm | 16 × 10 in | Acrylic 44 × 44 cm | 17 × 17 in | Box 50 × 50 × 5 cm | 20 × 20 × 2 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Umbrellas on the gate, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Umbrellas on the gate | Singapore Overexposed Series | Singapore 2019 | Vinyl on clear acrylic in a black shadow box over white backing | Image 40 × 23 cm | 16 × 9 in | Acrylic 44 × 44 cm | 17 × 17 in | Box 50 × 50 × 5 cm | 20 × 20 × 2 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Playing with the light, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Playing with the light | Singapore Overexposed Series | Singapore 2019 | Vinyl on clear acrylic in a black shadow box over white backing | Image 40 × 27 cm | 16 × 10 in | Acrylic 44 × 44 cm | 17 × 17 in | Box 50 × 50 × 5 cm | 20 × 20 × 2 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Two women
leaving the market, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Two women leaving the market | Singapore Overexposed Series | Singapore 2019 | Vinyl on clear acrylic in a black shadow box over white backing | Image 40 × 26 cm | 16 × 10 in | Acrylic 44 × 44 cm | 17 × 17 in | Box 50 × 50 × 5 cm | 20 × 20 × 2 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Three women, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Three women | Singapore Overexposed Series | Singapore 2019 | Vinyl on clear acrylic in a black shadow box over white backing | Image 28 × 40 cm | 11 × 16 in | Acrylic 44 × 44 cm | 17 × 17 in | Box 50 × 50 × 5 cm | 20 × 20 × 2 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Old and new Singapore I, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Old and new Singapore I | Singapore Overexposed Series | Singapore 2019 | Mobile phone camera, vinyl on clear acrylic in a black shadow box over white backing | Image 40 × 27 cm | 16 × 10 in | Acrylic 44 × 44 cm | 17 × 17 in | Box 50 × 50 × 5 cm | 20 × 20 × 2 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Old and new Singapore II, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Old and new Singapore II | Singapore Overexposed Series | Singapore 2019 | Mobile phone camera, vinyl on clear acrylic in a black shadow box over white backing | Image 40 × 21 cm | 16 × 8 in | Acrylic 44 × 44 cm | 17 × 17 in | Box 50 × 50 × 5 cm | 20 × 20 × 2 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
Drying poles in Chinatown, 2019
Paula Marcondes | Drying poles in Chinatown | Singapore Overexposed Series | Singapore 2019 | Mobile phone camera, black and white, vinyl on clear acrylic in a black shadow box over white backing | Image 34 × 40 cm | 13 × 16 in | Acrylic 44 × 44 cm | 17 × 17 in | Box 50 × 50 × 5 cm | 20 × 20 × 2 in | Edition of 3, titled, numbered and signed, with certificate of authenticity
