Artist Statement

My images, taken in 35mm film, are  rooted in “post-documentary photography,” inspired by literary and philosophical frameworks, including magical realism and deconstructivism that allow me to investigate ‘truth’, identity, and certainty through fragmentation. Using experimental methods of photography and printing, I am able to observe and represent different versions of ‘reality’. My process is a physical manifestation of concepts, translated through the continuous layering of images. My interest in transparencies, double exposures, reflections, and layering allows me to investigate the sentimentality of connectivity shared between humans. My  photographs and the alternative imagery that is created through experimental processes exist as archival vessels, allowing me to create  parallels between my identity and my environment.

Bio

Christine Cortes (they/she) is a first generation Colombian-American artist born in Miami, FL,  and raised between Miami and Colombia. As a photo-based artist, they are interested in exploring Post-Documentary Photography through alternative and non-traditional processes of image-making, image-printing, book-making, print-making, and installing images. Christine's community efforts are fundamental to their artist practices, using photography, art education and workshops, and music to make engaging and positive changes in their community in grassroots and DIY spaces.
Christine holds a Bachelors in Fine Arts Photography from New World School of The Arts (2020).


Currently, Christine is an associate artist at Bakehouse Art Complex and the Digital Lab Manager for the space.

The Bakehouse Digital Print Lab is the first Bakehouse facility accessible to Non-Bakehouse Artists.
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