Dante Pineda
Bio
Dante Pineda
Lima Peru
1976
Audiovisual Communicator, musician and university professor. Degree in
Communication Sciences from the University of Lima. He currently works
as a freelance photographer and teacher. He has participated in various exhibitions
photographs such as: "De-construction" (2003), "Passport for an artist
2007” (2007), “Ocio” (2008), “A look at contemporary Peruvian art:
Alliance Française collection in Lima (2007-2008), Fragments (2010),
Unfranchised 7, 8 and 10 (2010), Art Market Unfranchised (2010),
Diana F in full color (I Lima Photography Biennial, 2012), “Photography
after photography” (II Lima Photography Biennial 2014), Begira photo
festival (Peru, Basque Country session), “Light on things” first sample
individual (El Ojo Ajeno gallery, 2014), “10th International juried plastic camera show
2017” in San Francisco, USA (Rayko photo center, 2017), publication of “The essence of the spontaneous”, FOT magazine. Peruvian magazine of photography and visual research, UPC (2019), participation in the collective exhibition of the V photography hall of Cajamarca "La otra Luz", Cajamarca, Peru (2021), Galería PHUYU in Buenos Aires (2022).
Statement
I work with analog supports because I am interested in the surprise factor and the feeling of having little control over the results. Chance is a fundamental element in my work and I let the photographic material do its thing, that is why I use different types of films, from very thin films to cheap or expired ones. I explore the different visual aesthetics that can be achieved from a certain type of light or through the use of different formats. Each of them is suitable for narrating with a particular tone and character.
I look for the universal in the particular, and consciously, I stop to observe what by familiarity and routine has become invisible.
