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MICHAEL VINCENT MANALO
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MICHAEL VINCENT
MANALO
Michael Vincent Manalo is a photographer and a photo-manipulator.
His work is inspired by the imagined memories of nostalgic and dream-like
environments; his works documents their decline into post-apocalyptic and
nightmarish creations.
The themes seen on his work revolve around surrealism, magic
realism and realism. Most of his work is inspired by melancholy, nostalgic
memories, dreamy landscapes, sentimental and warm emotions to dark and brooding
atmospheres; weird and nightmarish dreams; medieval fantasy to post-apocalyptic
scenes; memories of being away from home and the concept of home; subjective
and objective views on society and supernatural and paranormal themes. The
works that he creates tries to confront the modern rules and implications of
the today’s fast-paced society.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Life has always been a fascination to me. From those
inevitable school fights during the elementary years to those wild days of
puberty. From the lonesome people in the parks to the 8-inched mohawked people
during concerts. From feeling someone else's warmth to dealing with the
blackness within.
There were a lot of emotions - pain, happiness, love and warmth,
glory, success, failures, torture, jealousy, excitement, rage, pride. All these
converged and met at a common point in time and space and created who I am,
what I want to explore and what I hope to achieve.
Vast images come to my mind each day as a result of the radical
emotions that fill me in each heartbeat. I try to recreate it as soon as I
could by combining photographs and techniques in illustration to recreate those
concepts in mind.
I forge these images and try to relate them to the popular tales of
human drama. I try to recreate these stories by illustrating my own
interpretations of these emotions or sometimes literally creating the picture
wherein the emotion can be distinguised.
When I started, I wasn't aware that I started a quest: so for now,
until I decide to stop, I will try to free people's minds, and allow them to
withdraw from reality and give them the opportunity to dig into a wild roller
coaster of a vivid dream.
www.michaelvincentmanalo.com
