DELPHINE CENCIG
Delphine CENCIG
THE DREAM WORLD OF DELPHINE CENCIG
"Attention, dear reader!
You are entering a dangerous world here...
The beings that inhabit it are indeed closer to the Elves than to the Humans...
Because everything there seems to be just a long dream… and yet this dream is truer than reality, closer to death than to life. It is… in suspension… as is our life without our knowledge.
As forDelphine Cencig, she is none other than the fairy with her magic wand, sometimes good, maybe evil. It is she who transforms women into dolls or criminals… depending on her mood. She enjoys changing them into satyrs or transforming them into sumptuous insects…. all the more dreadful.
Yes formidable… because these strange creatures seem to have escaped straight from a painting ofHieronymus Boschor a book ofEdgar Allan Poe.
Beauty – like the invisible web of a sly spider – is never far away… imprisoning our senses and losing us in a strange hallucination called life. Because beauty is fatally tragic. "
Philip Litzler
Article extracted from OPENeye Magazine
September 2017
"The photographs ofDelphine Cencigdisturb. It is not his impeccable technique, nor his compositions, often inspired by classical painting, but his plastic universe that destabilizes the viewer. It is nevertheless of a strange beauty, but this beauty is more of that adored by the surrealists, admirers ofLautreamontand his chance encounter on a dissecting table with a sewing machine and an umbrella, just the usual cannons. You can also see scenes that could belong to the world ofHieronymus Boschor to that of the fantastic literature ofpoeor ofKafka.
The characters who evolve there have an intermediate status between human and elf, between disarticulated doll and well embodied humanity, between literature for adults and children's books, between adoration and sacrilege... The atmosphere is dreamlike but can turn into a nightmare, like s These were innocuous but probably dangerous games, a perpetual state of instability between life and death. Sexuality and sensuality are on edge, but never made explicit. A form of feminism is expressed there, but it seems permanently repressed by images that can make a woman a puppet or a criminal, confine her under a glass bell...
Finally, in this universe in permanent suspension between invisible but strongly suggested pitfalls, whatDelphine Cencigwants to express is only the tragedy of the human condition and, more specifically, of femininity..."
Louis Doucet
MAC 2000 Paris
September 2019
MINIMALIST CREATURE PORTRAITS BY DELPHINE CENCIG
"Delphine Cencigis a French photographer who discovered her passion for photography after working in various fields, such as cosmetics and visual communication.
This diverse background shapes her current work, which is best described as vivid and eclectic; through a combination of photography, fashion, makeup, and digital manipulation, she turns models into dolls, beasts, and goddesses.
As Philippe Litzler observed in OPENEYE magazine, there is a certain ambiguity surrounding Delphine and her work; “she is nothing but a fairy with a magic wand, sometimes good, sometimes malicious maybe.”
In her world of dreams, neutrality and immortal beauty reign supreme."
Article from New York Magazine SCENE 360
DELPHINE CENCIG: AN EXPLORER OF SOUL
"She is a name who can establish an emotion in a clay and effortlessly give life to a photograph. She is well acknowledged for her out of the box thinking and creating virtual characters out of the blue.
Her photographs are published in several international magazines such as DARK BEAUTY , SCENE 360 and SOLIS MAGAZINE. In addition her creations are also showcased in L'INTERNATIONAL SURREALISME and venues in different places such as Berlin, Brazil, Italy, Japan, Russia, USA and manymore. In this special edition, you will come to know more about Delphine and her secrets of capturing innovative images. We are absolutely thrilled to present you Delphine Cencig."
Article extract from the Interview DILIP SARKAR COLLECTIONS
June 2018
11TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER DELPHINE CENCIG FROM FRANCE
LOS ANGELES Thursday, March 15, 2018 - Professional photographerDelphine Cencigof France was presented with the 11th Annual International Color Awards Nominee title in the category of Fine Art at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photoshow streamed Saturday, March 10, 2018.
The live online gala was attended by over 12,500 photography fans around the globe who logged on to watch the climax of the industry's most important event for color photography.
11th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from Christie's, Paris; Gray Group, New York; The Art Channel, London; Ogilvy & Mather, Amsterdam; Publicis Conseil, Paris; Preus Museum, Norway; Art Beatus, Hong Kong; Netflix, LA; Whitechapel Gallery, London; and Phillips, New York who honored Color Masters with 709 title awards and 730 nominees in 33 categories.
"Photography is more popular than ever. Last year around 1.2 trillion pictures were taken. In this awards show we pay tribute to the top 0.0000000001% of them" said Juror Martijn van Marle, Chief Creative Officer at Ogilvy & Mather, Amsterdam. Joshua White, Presenter and Producer on The Art Channel, London added "Judging this year's submissions for the Color Awards was challenging. The winning images illustrate the continuing importance of photography as a way of seeing the world around us and understanding human experience." "It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 5,642 entries we received this year," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director.
Delphine Cencig's " Octopus Fiction " an exceptional image entered in the Fine Art category, represents contemporary color photography at its finest, and we're pleased to present her with the title of Nominee." INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography.
Creative Director
INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS
March 2018
TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT 2018
THE WORLD'S LARGEST PHOTO ART CONTEST
gold medal
MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL PHOTO
AWARDS 2018
bronze medal
INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARD
HONORING COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Nomination award
