Aurore es la fotógrafa detrás de No Allowance, una identidad que reúne un sinfín de fotografías de parajes al mejor estilo Californiano sin identificar ningún individuo en particular, rescatando la belleza de lo abandonado, lo muerto y lo que, aparentemente, quedó en el tiempo y pasó de temporada.
Según sus propias palabras, y hablando en tercera persona casi de forma devota, Aurore se describe brevemente: “cuando no está atrapada en la camioneta durante viajes largos en una gira de rock n 'roll, Aurore Ounjian está tratando de perderse en cada ciudad, en busca de su próxima fotografía”. Tal y como su arte lo hace, “si alguna vez fue colorida, pero ahora está blanqueada por el sol, envejecida pero no muy antigua, o si es un poco fea, Ounjian encuentra belleza en lo sombrío y la captura en sus fotografías, esperando mostrar a otros que hay magia en lo mundano, incluido el día de la colada y esa comida vacía de comida rápida a las 3 AM”.
Si tiene que describir sus comienzos con la fotografía en cuatro líneas, lo hace fácil: “Siempre fui una personal visual. Ya sea diseño, arquitectura o un azulejo del baño, me atrae la forma en que se ven las cosas y sus formas/patrones. Un día decidí comprar una cámara que estaba a la mitad del precio original (este modelo en particular estaba siendo descontinuado) y, desde entonces, no he salido de la casa sin él".
Así como empezó, jamás se detuvo. Los pasteles de sus fotografías perpetúan una magia y un 'no-sé-qué' propio de una escena que retrata algo que pasó, pero sigue vivo. En cuanto a su estilo, Aurore dice que “describiría mi estilo de fotografía como un mundo colorido que viaja en el tiempo, en el que los humanos no existen”. Quizá sea de relevancia rescatar este último hecho: si bien nunca presentes, los destellos de una humanidad se muestran a través de elementos como pelucas, botellas vacías, maniquíes silenciosos, puertas abiertas. Estos detalles abren miles de preguntas: ¿dónde están los humanos? ¿viven? ¿desaparecieron?
El propósito de su fotografía es simple: “trato de encontrar belleza en lo mundano. Creo mostrarle a la gente que los objetos ordinarios y los espacios que nos rodean son bellos y vibrantes… Solamente tenés que querer verlo”. Y lo logra. Con cada fotografía, rescata algo que está dicho, pero nadie vio.
"PARA MI, LA FOTOGRAFÍA ES CAPTAR EL MOMENTO PERFECTO".
Como a cada artista que ha dejado su huella en En Foco, Aurore también explicó que es, para ella, la fotografía: “para mí, la fotografía es capturar la quietud perfecta de un momento".
"me GUSTA tener el control de lo que puedo incluir en una imagen".
¿Qué significa la fotografía para ella? Capturar el momento perfecto. Sin embargo, “no siempre soy afortunada, y tengo que crear esos momento. Hubo veces que tuve que esperar minutos, horas, incluso días por una nube o un atardecer que cayera en el momento perfecto antes de estar contenta con una foto. En un mundo donde no podés controlar tanto, me gusta tener el control de lo que puedo incluir en una imagen”. ¿Su mejor foto? La que encapsula todo lo que ama: "una llamativa paleta de colores (descolorida y vibrante), nostalgia, simplicidad y un poco de kitsch". ¿La peor? Nadie quiere ver eso, claro.
ENGLISH VERSION
Aurore is the photographer behind No Allowance, an identity that brings together countless photographs of places in the best Californian style, without identifying any individual in particular — rescuing the beauty of the abandoned and the dead, plus something that, apparently, got stuck in the time and went out of season.
In her own words, and speaking in third person almost devoutly, Aurore describes herself in a simple way: “When she’s not stuck in the van during long drives on a rock n’ roll tour, Aurore Ounjian is trying to get lost in each city, searching for her next photograph. If it was once colorful but now sun-bleached, aged but not quite an antique, or if it’s just a little bit of ugly, Ounjian finds beauty in the bleak and captures it in her photographs, hoping to show others that there is magic in the mundane- including laundry day and that empty fast food joint at 3 A.M."
If she has to describe her beginning with photography in four simple lines, she makes it easy: “I've always been a visual person. Whether it's design, architecture, or a bathroom tile, I'm drawn to the way things look and their shapes/patterns. One day, I decided to buy a camera that was marked half off the original price (this particular model was being discontinued) and, since then, I haven't left the house without it”.
Since she started shooting, she never stopped. The pastel shades in her photos perpetuate a strange kind of magic and a 'I-don’t-know-what' kind of feeling which seems to belong to a scene portraying something that passed away, but it’s still alive. About her style, Aurore says that, “I would describe my photography style to be a colorful, time-traveling world, in which humans don't exist”. Perhaps, it’s relevant to highlight this last one fact: although never present, the flashes of humanity are presented through elements such as wigs, empty bottles, silent mannequins, open doors. These details open thousands of questions: where are the humans? Are they alive? Did they disappear?
Her purpose with photography is simple: “I try to find beauty in the mundane. I want to show people that the ordinary objects and spaces that surround us are beautiful and vibrant... You just have to want to see it”. With every photo, she rescues something that has been said, but nobody has seen yet.
“TO ME, PHOTOGRAPHY IS CAPTURING THE PERFECT STILL OF A MOMENT”.
What does photography mean to her? Capturing the perfect still of a moment. However, “I'm not always lucky and I have to create those moments. There have been times I've waited minutes, hours, even days, for a cloud or sunset to fall in its perfect place before I was happy with a photograph”.
“I LOVE BEING IN CONTROL OF WHAT I CAN INCLUDE IN AN IMAGE”.
Her best photo? The one that encapsulates everything she loves: “a striking color palette (both washed out and vibrant), nostalgia, simplicity, and little bit of kitsch”. Worst picture? "Nobody wants to see that".
HERSELF IN ONE PICTURE (which is, also, her best picture):
Todas las imágenes © No Allowance
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