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A Plastic World by Mária Švarbová

A Plastic World by Mária Švarbová

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September 17, 2015
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Photographer Mária Švarbová's "A Plastic World" is an imaginary world of lifeless or emotionless mannequins. Through blank stares, stiff poses and total absence of emotion, Mária's series challenges the viewer to question the ingrained roles people play in society.


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In Plastic World, subjects act as emotionless mannequins. Through blank stares, stiff poses and total absence of emotion, the series challenges the viewer to question the ingrained roles people play in society.
-Mária Švarbová

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Mária Švarbová

Every image flows into another scene forming the overall narrative of the series -- the emptiness and mindless inability to change one's predetermined role in life in the the absence of emotion. Complex and dreamy, Plastic World presents an imaginary world. (The series has been complied through several of the artist's photographic series).
-Mária Švarbová

Mária Švarbová

Mária Švarbová

My inspiration for this project are historic artifacts and environments of Communist Czechoslovakia. I´am prefering minimalism. I love purity, simple lines and space.
-Mária Švarbová

Mária Švarbová

Mária Švarbová

How would you describe your style and who are your inspirations? :)
These are my minimalistic series. People/models/ are acting like mannequins. I wanted to stop all human emotions. Models are mechanic. This feeling is empowered by costumes, scene, make up. I'm cooperating with a big production team, especially with stage and costume designer Zuzana Hudakova. We are using socilistic designs, because they look minimalistic and futuristic at the same time. We call this style FUTURO_RETRO. The lighting plays also a big role. I´m using natural lights during the day. My inspirations are Erwin Olaf and Gregory Grewdson.
-Mária Švarbová

A Plastic World

A Plastic World

My advice is to always create something new, that will inspire other people. I used digital camera: Canon 5D mark III for this project - A Plastic World.
-Mária Švarbová

Mária

A Plastic World

See Mária Švarbová's complete project here.

About Mária Švarbová

Mária Švarbová was born in 1988 in Slovakia. She finished her university studies of conservation - restoration and archeology. She has dedicated to photography since 2010. Earlier works of young and talented author, publishing under name Maria Svarbova are resembling a dream-like reality with elements of surrealism and Art Nouveau. Her latest photographs focus on delivering a message and triggering feelings with focus on minimalism and purity. See more of her works on Behance or her website.

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