Fine Art Print Photography by Milette Raats, 2021

About the Item

Title: 'Page of the Mirrored' (2021) The world is facing huge challenges that endanger the basic needs and lifelines of humanity. Human encounters have always been the start and source of inspiration in my work. Meeting the Dutch twin- sisters I felt extremely inspired by their deep connection based on love and trust. Placing them in filmic settings that represent both the present and the future, I wanted to tell the story how we can all be mirrors and sources of inspiration for each other as long as we continue to reach out and see the other in ourselves. This serie is award with SILVER @PX3, Prix de la Photographie in Paris in 2022. Size: 60 x 89,50 cm Technic: Fine Art Print on dibond 3mm, Acrylglas 2mm mat, U profile Location of creation: Amsterdam (NL) Milette Raats (b.1971) works as visual artist and freelance photographer. Travel, the meetings that ensue abroad, staging, and the use of analogue cameras (including the 1952 Agfa Billy) are primary components of the photography of Milette Raats. In her tableaux vivants she plays with the characters embodying different eras. Her appreciation of history, love for travel and analogue photography merge and flourish in her work, culminating in the filmic and picturesque. Her work is characterized by strongly introspective images, those shot deliberately out of focus bring film stills to mind. She considers it crucial that the viewer is able to freely interpret her work. Milette Raats studied at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht in the Netherlands and at the L'École des Beaux Arts de Marseille (FR). After her internship at former Magnum Photographer Marc Riboud in Paris (FR) she focused entirely on commissioned work (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Royal House of the Netherlands, Heineken Prices, International Theater Amsterdam etc.) and independent Fineart Photography. Raats has exhibited in the Netherlands and abroad, with highlights including the groundbreaking project 'Dutch Masters Revisited' at The Hermitage Amsterdam, Designmarch (Reykjavik), Photo Festival Photoville (New York), the Sirius Gallery (Tokyo), Cicterna Art Gallery Moscow (RU) and multiple times at Dutch Photo Festival Naarden. In 2015 and 2023, six images from two series were purchased by The Amsterdam Museum to be included in their permanent art collection. In 2016 she received the Landscape Award at the Headon Photo Festival (Sydney), and was also selected by Lensculture for the Portrait Awards. In 2022 two series got awarded @PX3 Prix de la Photographie in Paris (FR).

Dimensions:

Height: 35.24 in (89.5 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Acrylic,Metal

Place of Origin:

Netherlands

Period:

21st Century

Date of Manufacture:

2021

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.