The “They were” project boils down to the “Man Rey-esque” form of negatives, on which signs and digits, symbolising the personality of the character in the picture, were painted by hand. The starting point was numerology, certain symbols which were to say something about the given person. Each photograph tells the story of a different woman. Symbols and numbers are hand painted. Every copy of each picture is different.
Borys Makary (b. 1977). Visual artist. Deals with conceptual, creative and commenting reality art. In his work, mainly uses photography, but also creates installations. More and more often uses the video. Master of Visual Arts by education. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts’ Faculty of Multimedia Communications in Poznań (currently University of Arts). Learnt photography from Miles Aldridge and at the International Centre of Photography in New York City (NY, USA). Former assistant to Richard Warren, a fashion photographer.
Website: www.bmakary.com
‘They were’ was the Black & White Nude Series of the Year 3rd place Winner in the MonoVisions Photography Awards 2017
© Borys Makary: They were / MonoVisions Awards 2017 winner
© Borys Makary: They were / MonoVisions Awards 2017 winner
© Borys Makary: They were / MonoVisions Awards 2017 winner
© Borys Makary: They were / MonoVisions Awards 2017 winner
© Borys Makary: They were / MonoVisions Awards 2017 winner
© Borys Makary: They were / MonoVisions Awards 2017 winner
© Borys Makary: They were / MonoVisions Awards 2017 winner
© Borys Makary: They were / MonoVisions Awards 2017 winner
‘They were’ was the Black & White Nude Series of the Year 3rd place Winner in the MonoVisions Photography Awards 2017
