Her work may be seen as a game with decay, but also has a touch of lightness to it. It brings out the aesthetics in death and in life.
Patricia: “Take blossom in spring for instance: the beauty lies in its decay: a blossom is at the height of its beauty just before or after the moment it disappears. I find it exciting to capture this at just the right moment.”
She shares her outspoken view of the world without pretention.
It is about personal experience: she visualizes an inner world by using elements of the outer world.
Working method
Patricia van de Camp works with anything that catches her eye, images and situations around her, even indoors. At the moment photography is the most appropriate medium for her to express herself, but Partricia is not tied to photography: she can express her vision in different ways.
The images always result in a series of photos without this being a narrative. Every image is autonomous, but the complete series shows the diversity of the subject.
The slow rhythm of her photos is distinctive. The world within the image seems at a standstill, while at the same time the recorded object is on the verge of disappearing. Although the images often have been posed, giving them the appearance of a still life, the object portrayed is paradoxical enough pre-eminently transitory.
Whether it is about children, animals or plants, something changes while she works on it. Patricia van de Camp plays with the discrepancy between timelessness and transcience.
Text: Nelleke Bos
Translation: Els Dekker
27 apr - 20 may, Sony World Photography Awards 2012 Exhibition, London
10 may - 13 may, Snap! Orlando, downtown Orlando
27 may - 28 may, Kunstroute Lonneker Roombeek