Nazare Soares is Photographer and Moving Image artist based in Brighton, her artwork has been exhibited in the Brighton Open House Festival (May 2009 and 2010), Future Short Festival (December 2009) , Brighton Photo Fringe (October 2010 and 2012) and Cine-city Festival (December 2012). In June of 2010 she was one of the winners of the Ideas Tap and Magnum’s Photographic Award, her photographs were exhibited at the Old Truman Brewery part of Photomonth East London Photography Festival in October 2010.
"In her work a connection with nature is evident, coupled with a sombre calm, solitude and the dreamlike, but above all, her work breathes love." Monica de Juan.
Born in May 1981, Madrid . When she was 14 years old she already knew about her passion for photography and film. In her early teens she studied 5 years of photography and in 2000 she obtained her Degree in Photography at IFP.Luis Buñuel School in her home town Mostoles. In 2001 she moved to Madrid to experiment and develop her eye through photography. She collaborated doing photo reports in social documentaries about homeless and housing projects in culture magazines. At that time she was inspired by masters of photography such as Nan Goldin, Francesca Woodman, Sarah Moon and Alberto Garcia Alix who later on would become her mentor in life . In 2004 she was one of the winners of the photographic Award “Caminos de Hierro “exhibited in train stations all over Spain. Also she was judge for the Award "Fotografiando realidades" organized by Madrid's council. During the following years she made several exhibitions around Madrid, discovering a deeper conceptual and experimental side of her artwork. In April 2006 she moved to Japan for a period of 8 months, there she made a project based in the cities of Tokyo and Kyoto. She was interested in the high suicide rate of young adults in Tokyo and the loneliness a city can conjure. The audiovisual project was exhibited in August 2007 at the Alamo's Council in Madrid. Going back to Madrid Her growth as a photographer after the experience in Japan took her into the editorial world, publishing book covers of novels for the known editorial Lengua de Trapo and fashion reports for several magazines between 2007 and 2008.
AWARDS
Ideas Tap and Magnum Photography Award 2010
Caminos de Hierro Photography Award 2004
EDUCATION
2011-2014 University of Brighton, East Sussex.
B.A. HONORS in Moving Image Arts
1995-2000 F.P Luis Bunuel, Mostoles, Madrid.
Photography Degree
EXHIBITIONS:
Solo Exhibition:
Too Many Words for an Eternal Silence, Ground Coffee Houses, Hove. January 2013
Too Many Words For an Eternal Silence, Brighton Photo Fringe. October 2012
So Close So Far, Brighton Future shorts Festival. December 2009
So Close So Far, Grand Central, Brighton. September 2008-February 2009
Group Show:
Eye of the Dawn, Moving Image BA exhibition, University of Brighton. March 2013
The Wish Ones by Maria Eva Russo, Brighton Cine City. December 2012
Ideas Tap and Magnum's Photographic Award, Photomonth East London Photography Festival. October 2010.
Ephemeral, Brighton Photo Fringe. October 2010
Regeneration. Cite Universitaire, París. 2007
Colores, Culture Center “Joan Miro”, Madrid. September -October 2005.
18 Competition Caminos de Hierro, Tour by train stations all over Spain. March 2004 -December 2005.
At the moment she is investigating, in the art of filmmaking, wider ways to express through movement and narrative.She is currently collaborating on a dance film about the celebrated dancer and spy Mata Hari, which she is co-directing.
