Lima, Peru-born artist Cecilia Paredes painting designs on herself to blend into various backgrounds using make-up, body paint and costumes.
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"Normally one week before, we meet, my crew and I, and solve technical problems, lighting, location, etc and then we proceed to shoot. I paint my assistant, then take photos and then she paints me following my example."
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"The illusion of 'disappearing' into the landscape that surrounds her, is in reality a blending, she is now 'part of the landscape' in her quest of belonging."
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"The theme behind all is re-location after displacement and migration and how one has to adjust in order to belong. Tough it is, but it has to be done, without forgetting our origin."
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"Performance involves nudity one way or the other. The human body is a vehicle to express your thoughts. The series is not about the body though. It’s about location so in this case, the body is part of the landscape."
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Her artworks remind me of Liu Bolin and Emma Hack.
All images are © Copyright of Cecilia Paredes
Check her website: http://www.ceciliaparedes.com/
Source: mymodernmet, littleobservationist
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"Normally one week before, we meet, my crew and I, and solve technical problems, lighting, location, etc and then we proceed to shoot. I paint my assistant, then take photos and then she paints me following my example."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTagfsS1aNrFgAIFLrdRcGE5DWh75R3lWXeUVFrrnma-Nnpy3PO87CPGTlEpSxDuJWF0CnJ9CwHRzM39XCqz1gA67_NtZq9i3VbmfXfLvqBk1ueKn6qOVeT7GS-bwo_3P567VdxGZO2M/s1600/02.jpg)
"The illusion of 'disappearing' into the landscape that surrounds her, is in reality a blending, she is now 'part of the landscape' in her quest of belonging."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjL_3RyQeljr_AIDI6R8YDjwFNlB0GcJ6F_HAeQ3sam0elat2Jqpgzi0tCdUj4JXYgKYffomlhrh9VoPccMAy1sp8OvZ0Am3IH3Yf5xTJ3FoBRq3_kCnVYnqdilH95uq5mrG-oO799oQ/s1600/03.jpg)
"The theme behind all is re-location after displacement and migration and how one has to adjust in order to belong. Tough it is, but it has to be done, without forgetting our origin."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-M15QG-PKz2-Rf9UVE8WTja8DK5D4qyXEY0ADHGz7VWhyphenhyphenHhbkqYUZPyLypHMMRRUnKgJsSpVcCDlgI0-oG9_QTvGKmdK-Ow5dKE01oIl4TFx3D2_v_gu20i54J3b9dSetkcnjzpWeuU/s1600/04.jpg)
"Performance involves nudity one way or the other. The human body is a vehicle to express your thoughts. The series is not about the body though. It’s about location so in this case, the body is part of the landscape."
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Her artworks remind me of Liu Bolin and Emma Hack.
All images are © Copyright of Cecilia Paredes
Check her website: http://www.ceciliaparedes.com/
Source: mymodernmet, littleobservationist
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