cláudio cruz
Your name
Cláudio Cruz
Place of birth
São Paulo, Brazil
Place where you live now
Vancouver, Canada
3 words to describe you
Silence, wonderment and contemplation
Why do you take pictures?
It is a way of interacting with the world and sharing it with others.
Where do you get your inspiration?
From the overwhelming magnitude of existence.
Who are your influences?
Nagarjuna, Andrei Tarkovsky, Hirokazu Koreeda, Rinko Kawauchi to name a few.
What determines the subject matter you choose?
Intuition and curiosity.
What impact would you like your art to have?
To provoke the audience to look at the world in an unorthodox way.
What artwork do you never get bored with?
Nature itself.
Is there anything you want to add?
Thank you.
Without You, I Cease To Exist
Project statement
This title might sound overly romantic at first glance but touches deeply into the heart of our existence and the way we perceive reality. Subject and object, darkness and light, life and death. We face the world from a dualist perspective that may seem and feel obvious but reveals itself as nothing more than an elaborate illusion of separation when carefully investigated through contemplative practices.
Viewed side by side, the relationship between the photographs creates a complex intertwining that blurs the boundaries between man and nature, questioning who we really are and inviting the seer to realize that nothing exists by itself. Each being or thing is inseparable from all that it's not, like a mirror and its reflection.
