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Author: Cristina Nunez
Source: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Photography-Pola-1994-Limited-edition-of-6-2/674322/2062847/view
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After years of frustration and introspection, during which I photographed myself, in 1994 I finally started photographing others. I met an American model named Pola and I became fascinated by her. She had been Trent Reznor's girlfriend and a friend of Marilyn Manson. She often wore fake Dracula teeth and wore black gothic clothing. She reminded me of my own youth. We became friends, and I took care of her. Years later she quit modeling because of a skin cancer, and then she became a forensic doctor in San Francisco. Then I completely lost trace of her.
This image is part of the project "Body and Soul", in which I photographed people naked, lying or sitting on my bed. It was the first time I could really see others, and relate to them. Body and Soul obtained the Fondazione Marangoni Award in 1994.
This image is also part of the project "Someone to Love" and part of the video/diaporama "Someone to Love, 2011" visible at cristinanunez.com and shown at the Mois de la Photo in Montreal 2011, Luova gallery Helsinki, H2O gallery Barcelona, MUSAC Spain, Chobi Mela photo festival, Sponge Arte Contemporanea Italy, Boiler Room Oslo among others.
Someone to Love has been published in book form in 2010 by The Private Space Books, and, with the new name "But Beautiful" by Le Caillou Bleu, Brussels in 2012. The video/diaporama obtained the Celeste Prize 2012 and But Beautiful obtained the Prix de la Critique Voies-Off Arles in 2013.
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