The selection of students Carolina Lino and Luca Zangrandi as representatives of the work produced at the Faculty of Fine Arts stems from the fact that their projects embody distinct fields of experimentation within the photographic medium, which, in some way, reflect different paths taken within the Faculty. Carolina Lino completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Photography Discourses after finishing her undergraduate degree in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, in 2018. Luca Zangrandi is currently pursuing a degree in Multimedia Art. The wide range of possibilities for photographic experimentation, shaped by these different artistic backgrounds, has led to a fascinating heterogeneity of outcomes, which is what we aim to showcase through the selection of these students. The unifying thread between their works lies solely in the exploration of pho- to-chemical processes within their production.
Carolina Lino’s project is rooted in “writing” as a nascent form of constructing and signifying the photographic gaze. The rhythmanalysis¹ of drawings triggered by natural metamorphic processes forms the core of her work, titled A escrita que nasce. In the synopsis of this project, Carolina writes:
“Photography happens, each time, as a risk (a risky mark) that emerges on the immaculate white — a sign that stains the untouchable, which is the virgin paper, never before exposed but always waiting for that moment: for a ray of light to kiss it."
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