Carlos Mendoza | Fine Art photographer

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Everything in these works has symbolic and allegorical meaning, and all these details together give the right interpretation of the story told by the image, just as in the works of the Italian and Flemish Renaissance.
Poetics: Communicating an alchemical message using photography, where the works become a Mutus Liber, a silent book that speaks in images, a forest of symbols to be decoded to achieve the Transmutation of the Elements, the transformation of Lead into Gold.

The position of these objects in the scenic space is the result of research and study. The models, in the images, are often nude. The nude is necessary, as it indicates an allegorical figure, in accordance with the iconology of the 15th century.
Although the symbolism belongs to the Renaissance, Hermeticism and Alchemy, the environment and atmosphere are derived from Surrealism.
These works are NOT the result of digital post-production work; rather, every element, tool, and object was handcrafted by the artist. It is “Real”.
Finally, the title of the works often helps to understand the symbolism of the images and their message.

Each work is printed in a very limited edition only 3 works may exist of each image. Each copy is numbered, signed, and certified printed in the highest quality on fine paper, reserving the right to always advise on the best printing format to always appreciate the details of the work and preserve its symbolic and iconographic value Recall that the works are “Mutus Liber”, Mute Books that preserve in their details the “text-image” to be deciphered, read and followed.