The Three Corners of the Ocean
Claudia López Ortega
dienacht
English
Flexcover
Edition of 500
108 pages in total and 2 inlays
180 x 240 mm
2021
ISBN 9783946099307
This project is about love and the touch of madness in my experience of motherhood.
In my family, there are things that are impossible to talk about – although you have been able to sense them since you were a child. There are secrets and looks. There are questions about our female lineage that are never addressed. The silence speaks louder than words.
Victoria, my daughter, dared to take a risk and accompanied me into this travesty to express, in her own way, all the feelings rooted deep inside generations of our family.
She let me know how sad, lonely and distant she felt from me, just as I felt as a child with my mother and as she felt in turn with my grandmother.
These are the three corners of the ocean.”
The book is split in two parts. The first part, bound to the front cover & wrapped in a sunny yellow/ orange foil, is a trouble-less view of the family, its front and bright side, as it were, yet with a melancholic touch. The second part, bound to the back cover & featuring many more images, including some of those in the first part, is a much more comprehensive view deep down. Something that is hardly ever seen to the outsider’s eye. Black lists of wounds, drawings, archival pictures, ironic cut outs from retro magazines – all give a broader context to the relationship of the three women in one family and help re-contextualize familiar scenes in a different way.
(source: https://www.dienacht-magazine.com/2021/11/01/the-three-corners-of-the-ocean-claudia-lopez-ortega)
About the Artist
Claudia has a special interest in exploring the themes of identity, motherhood, gender as well as the effects of affection. She is combining fiction and reality trying to capture moments in suspended space. Born in Torreón Coahuila, Mexico in 1979; lives and works in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico.
(source: https://www.dienacht-magazine.com/2021/11/01/the-three-corners-of-the-ocean-claudia-lopez-ortega)
About the Publisher
dienacht Publishing is an independent photobook publisher whose aim is to showcase carefully selected photographers through a limited circulation of beautifully produced books.
dienacht-magazine.com
(source: https://www.dienacht-magazine.com/about)
