Salvaterra’s photographs pack a powerful dramatic punch, revealing “a fine line between sanity and insanity,” according to Virginia Heckert, Associate Curator of Photography at The Getty Center. “I've always been fascinated by human psychology,” says Salvaterra. “When most girls were reading Judy Blume, I was reading the DSM. It lists all the psychological disorders and their symptoms. Diagnosis is made on the number of symptoms. And yet, it is easy to go through the list of symptoms for the various disorders and think, ‘that could be me.’ Are we all a little crazy -- at least at certain moments in our lives? Is it nurture vs. nature? Some believe people are either born sane or insane. Others believe we are all born perfect and it's the things that happen in our lives that damage us. I tend to believe the latter. In each portrait, I am looking for that line in each person: the part of ourselves that we tend to hide, the part that scares us, the part that is usually saved for the people closest to us - the ones that know our secrets.”
Opening Reception Wednesday June 1, 2011 6-9 pm
Clark | Oshin Gallery @ The Icon
5450 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
I absolutely love your work...
ReplyDeleteI am currently working with Pin Hole photography on my own time, and I happened to come across your images...
I also am intrigued by your passion for psychology. I plan on studying music and art therapy once I graduate high school.