Instagram Takeover: Lua Ribeira

Jerwood/Photoworks Awardee, Lua Ribeira, shares her working process during the awards, December 2017.

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Lua Ribeira (b.1986, Galicia, Spain) studied Sciences of Information at University of Vigo and Graphic Design at Bau, Escola Superior de Disseny, Barcelona. She graduated in Documentary Photography from the University of South Wales, Newport in 2016. Lua’s work has been awarded the Firecracker Grant 2015, Ditto Press Scholarship 2015, and the Reginald Salisbury Fund 2016 and she was recently shortlisted for the Bar Tur Photobook Award. Lua has participated in The Independent Air Residency, Denmark 2015 and group exhibitions in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and Germany. She is currently a Jerwood/Photoworks Awardee.

In the series, I am looking at the relationships between the ongoing struggle the physical body goes through, and the contrasting flamboyance of the imagery created around the myth of death. For example, mythological creatures, journeys into the afterlife or angels, like this one. From the series Subida al cielo (Ascent into Heaven), commissioned by Jerwood Photoworks Awards @lua_ribeira taking over @photoworks_uk this week. Www.luaribeira.com #JPAwards #IGtakeover #photography #luaribeira @jerwoodjva

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This is the last image I want to share form the series “Subida al Cielo” (Ascent into Heaven) commissioned by the @jerwoodjva / @photoworks_uk award. • ‘It is the business of mythology proper, and of the fairy tale, to reveal the specific dangers and techniques of the dark interior way, from tragedy to comedy. Hence, the incidents are fantastic and “unreal”: they represent psychological, not physical triumphs.’ Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)• @lua_ribeira lua_ribeira taking over @photoworks_uk this week. www.luaribeira.com #JPAwards #IGtakeover #goya @jerwoodjva

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From the series Subida al Cielo (Ascent into Heaven), commissioned by Jerwood Photoworks Awards. @lua_ribeira taking over @photoworks_uk this week. Www.luaribeira.com. #jpawards #IGtakeover #photography @jerwoodjva

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“The Spell” Lua Ribeira In the series I explore visions and ideas around the fear of dying. During the process, I’ve accumulated many images that I still haven’t found the exact place for, this is one of them. From the series Subida al cielo (Ascent into Heaven), commissioned by Jerwood Photoworks Awards @lua_ribeira taking over @photoworks_uk this week. Www.luaribeira.com #JPAwards #IGtakeover #photography #luaribeira @jerwoodjva

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