Woman Crush Wednesday: Delfina Carmona
We talked about the limits of the body, © Delfina Carmona
Interview by Lucia Luzzani
Edited by Jana Massoud
Describe your creative process in one word.
Methodical.
Over the course of your career so far, you have developed your own personal style when it comes to creating the scenes in your photographs. Are there any new styles or resources you would like to explore in your images in the near future?
Yes, sure! There are always new things to explore and discover.
I'm looking forward to diving deeper into moving images, small filmed scenes, situations in which I would usually take a picture I want to start playing with filming and the movement of the elements in the scene, or the subject in movement and my own movement in the case of being self-portraits, etc.
I would also like to start portraying new people! I'm very used to being the protagonist of my own work but I'm looking forward to exploring communion with other models, other artists, and different people this year and have someone else start to be the protagonist of my scenes (without leaving aside the self-portraits, of course!).
Find the entrance, © Delfina Carmona
As above, so below, © Delfina Carmona
To follow up with my previous question, do you ever find yourself wanting to explore a completely different aesthetic for any particular project? Do you feel the freedom to do so?
I don't know. Maybe! Why not? :)
I'm always open to trying new things. I don't have any particular idea at the moment that starts from a completely opposite or different aesthetic than what I usually do. Yes, maybe going deeper into these things I mentioned above, like videos for example, is going to require new skills, for sure.
And sometimes I see some artists who work with a much more elaborate production, maybe in studios, with a team of people collaborating in wardrobe, makeup, etc. and I think it would be great to get bigger in that sense too, because I think that working with other people together allows new possibilities. But yes, freedom exists, we are the ones who sometimes limit ourselves to only one thing when in reality the possibilities are endless.
Birthday toast, © Delfina Carmona
You recently mentioned you feel yourself changing. Did your recent move from Argentina to Germany influence your creative process and art? How so?
Yes, one hundred percent! Moving to Germany turned my life upside down a bit in that sense. It's something I was looking for, it's not something that took me by surprise. I really wanted a change of scenery, new experiences that would allow me to grow as a person and as an artist.
And Germany is definitely very different from Argentina in many ways. The culture, the people, the language, the weather, the habits, etc. I'm still finding my place here, getting used to the new light and the new spaces.
Each season is bringing new challenges, the new house has a beautiful light that I am starting to get to know in this early spring! But winter was really dark, it connected me with that deep part of my unconscious and with deeper images. So, here I am, welcoming the changes that put me in new situations and make me keep evolving.
Waiting to be abducted, © Delfina Carmona
Laundry Day, © Delfina Carmona
If you could teach a one-hour class on anything, what would it be?
Probably something related to color in photography, composition, self-portraits, etc. Impossible to resume all this in one hour, right? Could we have a weekly one hour meeting, please? We would need it.
What was the last book you read or film you saw that inspired you?
Last week I saw Licorice Pizza by Paul Thomas Anderson. Incredible cinematography, art, music!
What is the most played song in your music library?
“The Smoke” by The Smile.
How do you take your coffee?
With oat milk, no sugar!
The queen of a castle full of shadows, © Delfina Carmona
A little goodbye, © Delfina Carmona
Lastly, if you had the opportunity to interview yourself, what would you ask that I didn’t?
I think I would be terrible at interviewing myself! Hahaha.
The first thing that comes to my mind is if I can imagine myself exploring some other artistic discipline with the same level of commitment I have to photography and what it would be. But honestly I should think a lot about the answer, so we'll leave that for the next interview. :)
To view more of Delfina Carmona’s work, visit her website.
