Renata Dutree
Netherlands

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"I Messiah IV"

Portrait of Dennis. His beautiful features and kind and loving soul remind me of a modern Jezus

Biography: Renata is fascinated by the hidden pain of traumas in our minds and hopes to reveal something about their existence through her artworks.“Your mind and soul are incredible vessels for transporting stories,whether these are ever told or if they're kept inside.”With her imagery she hopes to arouse the viewer’s curiosity about the other and create awareness of the presence of suppressed grief.There is this seductive beauty, hidden underneath this however is a photographic study of an inner life.“And what really matters –quoting Henri David Thoreau– is not what you look at, but what...