Cara Carmina | Drawing | Vintage Photography

Photo Interventions

I love old photographs and I have a collection of them. I love finding them in vintage markets or in the web. I love to invent stories behind the people in those photos. I started drawing on them and I loved the result. Adding colors and imagery to this forgotten moments made me feel as if I am retelling their story and adding beauty into it.

Below you will find all my different series of photo interventions. I hope you like them.

*Descriptions available only in English for the moment.

Commissioned image for:

Tableau D’Hôte Theatre

#EnPointePSC 6th episode of their 2nd season:

"Les légendes et les trésors d’un quartier".

Tableau D’Hôte Theatre produces Montréal premieres of English and bilingual Canadian plays by both emerging and established playwrights.

More info: tableaudhote.ca

September 2021

Commisioned posters for the Contemporary Ballet Company

CAS PUBLIC.

For the ballets "Love me Tender" & "Suites Ténébreuses"

Mars 2021 / Oct 2020.

RESTEZ CHEZ VOUS - STAY HOME

As we are all going to these weird times of staying home due to the COVID19 crisis I am trying to make a new series of photointerventions to point out the importance of staying inside in order to help this to pass the sooner we can and to protect all those who are in the frontlines protecting us!

Sending all my good energy to you all and hoping you all are ok.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE

STAY HOME!

LOS CANTANTES"

The songs of these 4 “cantantes” (singers) have accompanied me for the last few years and through them I’ve learned French. I’ve understood much better the culture I live in, and they have opened a door to a special era full of poetry, romanticism and sensitivity that made me feel nostalgic of a time I wished I was part of.

LA CHANSON FRANÇAISE is poetic and honest, it talks about love, friendship, tenderness, sadness, happiness and rage. La chanson française it is irreverent and provocative! It tells stories of people who lived deeply and truly! It is passionate and humble... it is absolutely beautiful

Info:

22 x 30 "

Mixed media (Acrylics and Oil Pastels on Paper)

Mounted on a wood panels

Unique pieces

Available at:

ARTÊRIA GALLERY (Bromont, QC)

"Des Hommes et Fleurs"

Series of vintage photos of theater actresses and burlesque dancers from the 30's intervened with my illustrations. These women were supposed to be the most liberated one at the time, still they had very little freedom and many were living horrible stories behind the stage.

As women we are used to keep silent and pretend to be happy. This series talks about those silences women have kept through history. Still today women around the world keep quiet and I hope one day we all can shout together and be free!

Limited edition prints of this series are available at:

ARTÊRIA GALLERY (Bromont, QC)