Eliseo Miciu
Bio
Born in Uruguay, Eliseo Miciu grew up in the hills of Cordoba between the paint brushes of his grandfather, Konstantino, and the palette knives of his father, Georg.
At the age of 13 years old and seduced by the colors and landscapes of Patagonia, he dedicated himself to the photographic method for conveying life. He worked for national and international companies for more than 10 years in press and advertising photography.In 2007 he created his first book, Salta, Norte Argentino. National Geographic hired Eliseo Miciu as exclusive photographer for National Geographic Traveler Argentina. He takes a personal course, he decided to devote himself exclusively to fine art photography.
He received the Silver International Pano Awards in 2011 and 2012. Leurzer Archive has selected three works of Eliseo for the book of the 200 Best Photos of the world in 2009 and 2010. With his brother IsaÃas made the book SMA Aldea de Montaña and in 2015 makes the book Polvaredal with Marcos Furer.
Since then he made more than 30 exhibitions in Argentina, Uruguay, USA and France. Today facing southern Patagonia he shows us his view in his latest book, Tierra del Viento.
Statement
When I was young I came across the definition of art in the Royal Spanish Academy, which suggests as a first definition: ¨Doing something well. ¨ To which another question arose. What is “Good”? Or what parameter do I have for something well done? After years of thinking about this and searching, I didn't find anything better made than nature. So what is natural became my parameter when I say that I want to “do something well.”
I seek to transmit that experience that creation offers in intimacy and sincerity, which inevitably takes us to the beautiful and the good. It delights our senses and invites us to consider ourselves.
I identify myself in this phrase that my grandfather Konstantino, trained in Fine Arts in Vienna, exchanged with his friend Vladimir:
“To make beauty triumph over the disorder of ugliness in the field of human contemplation and to produce in man the thirst to materialize the beautiful”
The incomplete and impartial generates the possibility for the observer to complement the imperfect and thus have a complete illusion.
This is what I find in monochrome by not providing everything resolved, so the viewer participates and completes the work.
Patagonia was my home for almost 30 years which seduced me to its core. Today, discovering northern Argentina, I do not leave my passion for the land of the wind.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
