Enlightment

Photography printed with pigment ink on museum degree fine art paper from the Natural line collection, which is friendlier towards the environment. The paper is acid-free, museum quality, 90% bamboo fiber and 10% cotton. 290gsm.

This is a limited edition print with 13 prints available for the 40x40cm version, 7 prints available for the 60x60cm version and only 1 print available in 100x100cm size.

The prints are personally signed by the photographer Edita Bízová and are accompanied with certificate of authenticity.

The main focus in my work was to make women look and feel beautiful. I see all women that way so it was easy for me. The harder part – even for the pictured women – was the comments that men sometimes have for the images – I hear that women are only beautiful if they spent this and that time doing their hair and makeup or other silly stuff. I don´t believe that. I see beauty in different ways – and I believe that the essence of beauty is not in the makeup or hair routine. I´ve decided to do an experiment – what if I hide women’s hair under a swimming cap. What if the makeup I put on them is none or minimal? Is she still beautiful or did I take away the essence of her beauty? I will still light them and pose them like I would for my beauty image. I want them to look powerful, confident, and beautiful. I wanted the series to be bright and colorful. To show that the beauty I see is in the spirit, and not in the makeup. The rest of the image is quite minimal, focus is on the beauty and color combination aspect.

Series was awarded honourable mention in Julia Margaret Cameron awards and published in Dodho magazine. Series is also printed in Worlds of Women photography book and exhibited in Trieste photo festival.