Weekend Portfolio: Anamaria Chediak
Writing and Photography by Anamaria Chediak
Photo Editing by Haley Winchell
About the artist: Born in Quito, Ecuador, Anamaria Chediak studied in Boston and mastered photography in Madrid which cemented her passion for sharing her vision of the world through visual stories. Over the years, her work has led her to travel across six continents,avidly capturing the essence of the cultures and natural worlds she encounters, while also being keenly aware of the inner journey one experiences, the insights and perspectives one acquires that nourish our lives in unexpected and remarkable ways.
As the environmental crisis has grown, she has found herself employing photography more politically, as a tool for raising awareness. Her exaltation of the natural world has increasingly become a cry for awareness and for change. “Time is running out. We are living an environmental crisis with unprecedented changes. I aim my photography to be a reminder of the responsibility we all have in working together as a whole, to protect vulnerable wildlife from extinction, restore threatened ecosystems and preserve communities with their unique and diverse traditions as a cultural legacy. Diversity should be the world’s strength, not an excuse for conflict” - Anamaria Chediak.
About the project: MEMORIES THROUGH THE LIQUID DESERT WAVES
Where there was once life and chatter and colour, now there’s silence and sand. Where floorboards creaked and the wind rustled the curtains at midday, now doors open with no purpose, windows hang on their hinges, glassless, and paint peels from the walls like autumnal leaves. These silent vestiges resonate with stories, memories, and questions...
Nature has taken back what was hers. The desert is merciless, recognizing no boundaries, no barriers, only its irrepressible force. It flows through the windows, through the gaping doors, filling every nook, every corner, in waves that seem almost liquid.
These images are composed of different shots, stitched together slowly and painstakingly. The creative process of (re)composing is reminiscent of how we arrange memories in our minds. Memories are fleeting and fickle. We remake our pasts in the same way I have remade these images.
That day in the desert, I stood struggling to make sense of these fleeting glimpses of a world now vanished, challenged to capture, through the mechanical click of a shutter, a moment in time which I felt had already passed.
You can view more of Anamaria work on her website and Instagram.
