Ascension: Matthew Smith curated by Camilla Boemio

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"Ascension" is latest photoseries of Matthew Smith presented at Galleria Buno Lisi, and curared by Camilla Boemio. It received an Honourable Mention at the Lucie International Photo Awards 2020, in the Professional Analog/Film: Fine Art category, as well as Honourable Mentions at the Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022 and the Moscow International Foto Awards 2021.

Featuring photographs taken in London, Venice and Tokyo, Ascension explores the hidden territory of the mind and the heart, through the outer world of a hybrid cityscape. Taken during a time of deep instability in his life, which included the death of his first wife, the photographs reflect an inner journey that I needed to complete, through fear and grief, to find lasting courage and clarity of mind.

Bringing together street, landscape and abstract photography, to build an integrated world in which reality is open-ended, yet ever-enriching, "Ascension" moves through light and dark, life and death, to 'make the darkness visible'.

Matthew Smith is a photographer and a writer based in North London, UK.

His first photoseries Chora was exhibited at Hagi Art, Tokyo, in January-February 2020, and at Landabout, Tokyo for the following year. It was shown at Arte Spazio Tempo in Venice in April 2021.

His photography has featured in group shows across the US, the UK and Italy.

The solo show is supported by Arts Council England, and Morgana.