Figurative art: "The elder".
Artist: Daniel Castonguay.
2021, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Theme: Character, City.
Technical: Digital photography.
Original work format: 54 x 36 inches
Reproduction format: 18 x 12 inches / 45.72 x 30 x 48 cm, 24 x 16 inches / 60.96 cm x 40.64 cm, 36 x 24 inches / 91.44 x 60.96 cm and 54 x 36 inches / 137 ,16 x 91.44 cm.
Dominant colors: Grey.
Hanging system included:
Floating frame
Interpretation of the work by the artist:
A gray day, a rainy day. A character of his time, ageless, defying the rigors of the rest of his life. Moving forward as if nothing was impossible.
The elder - Daniel Castonguay
Part of his work as a "creative street photographer" is to bring this everyday life into a world of fantasy, something related to abstraction. This creates a duality, a paradox, the paradox of ordinary life in a universe that exists only in one's own imagination and that can literally be anything and everyone can relate to it.
For Daniel, photography is a mode of expression just like writing or music. Conveying an emotion is the essence of his photographic work, taking the viewer on a journey. More precisely, to make the viewer travel in a world of reverie, leaving all the space to the imagination.