Alec Von Bargen
Main Prize - 2009
Eins (One)
Artform: Photography
Alec Von Bargen is an actor by profession, a playwright by 'obstination', photographer by inspiration and world traveler by addiction. Born in New York of German parents, he grew up in England and Mexico and has a passion for all things Asia.
He studied Photography at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. His work is an invitation to respond, to react, to provoke, to enrage, to converse, to commit, and hopefully to inspire the washing away from the soul the dust of everyday life in order to transform simple words into the most purest form of song.
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EINS (ONE) is a series of digital photography prints, divided into panels, which have been taken all over the world.. They are moments, brief glimpses into the solitary journey of the human soul and our relationship with the world surrounding us. Each photo tells one particular story, but as a group, they give us an idea of the injustices of our world on a more global scale. A step taken today is the result of many steps taken in the past, and so, he includes historical, political and social issues
regarding each country into every image.