Bianca Salvo

The only records of our ancestors are in their fossils

fos·sil (fsl)
n.
1. A remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint, embedded and preserved in the earth's crust.
2. One, such as a rigid theory, that is outdated or antiquated.
[From Latin fossilis, dug up, from fossus, past participle of fodere, to dig.]

Regardless of origin, there comes a moment in every life when a lesson is learnt as old a humankind itself. That, contrary to any thought rendered up to that moment, the You one has come to know is not Forever.

You perhaps have not heard the word immortal yet but just by becoming conscious of the concept of your own mortality, and that of every other living thing, irrevocably alters the way you view yourself, the world and your place and time within it.

Each individual and generation learns this ground faltering piece of information under a unique set of social, politcal and environmental conditions however one thing remains the constant among the flux. It affects everybody and every body.

You are now aware of your own body as more than just your conduit to existence but as an organic and therefore degradable vehicle for your other, esoteric self. You realise that it, like everything else, is in fact made up of Material. Merely a fabric composed of an exclusive weave that wears itself as the human form.

Where Bianca’s remarkable images, careful compositions and considerate constructions, resonate deepest is in reminding the viewer that whilst this material will wear, break down and deconstruct it is only to transmute into another form. Another item in the wardrobe of creation.

The word Fossil stems from the Latin to dig. By going beneath the surface she has created illustrative suppostions of what intrigue might cause us to scratch around but might for some be uncomfortable to dwell upon. We all have the potential to become something else, whilst living in this form and as it turns out the next and the one after that. We know we shall decompose, burn or vapourise into our next incarnation but unless we all become aware of our ability to tranform in our current guise we risk becoming calcified in our approach to change. Then the true potential and predisposed nature of our instincts and capacity to experience and grow will never be appreciated or realised. We will become immaterial and it could be a very long time, if at all, resurrection comes around. Just ask our ancestors.

Bryony Fraser

Bianca Salvo

Bryony Fraser

Bianca Salvo (1986), is a London based Italian photographer. Bianca was awarded an MA in Photography in 2012 from London College of Communication. Previous to that, in 2010 she gained a BA in Visual Art & Photography from the European Institute of Design in Milan. Bianca was shortlisted for the Sproxton Photography Award in 2012 and in 2011 she won the First Prize of Premio Celeste (Italy) for the Photography and Digital Graphic category. In 2010 she has been selected as semi finalist for the ‘Up and Coming’ category of the Hasselblad Master Competition.

Bianca’s latest work, ‘The only records of our ancestors are in their fossils (2012)’ was exhibited at ‘The End’ during the contemporary art fair Art Basel 2012 - Miami, and has also been featured in several on line magazines such as Art & Science Journal (Canada) and # Photography (UK).

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Bryony Fraser, London born and London based, has been an admirer and collector of all things photographic and graphic since a young age. With a degree in Graphic Arts and Design, she began work for The Goldsmiths’ Company. Modernising the Hallmarking process from hand punches to lasers, Bryony individually recreated hundreds of makers’ and metal marks that are used on one million articles of precious metal every year.

A diversion at Littlestar Productions followed, the company behind a small musical called Mamma Mia! where she met her childhood heroes Benny and Bjorn. Focusing on a career in the Gallery and Studio world, she restarted at Proud Galleries as an intern and left as Gallery Manager before going on to be Studio Manager at a leading Graphic Design firm.

Bryony went Freelance full time in 2011 co-founding photography and graphic design exhibition platform a la cARTe arts. She also regularly curates for private and commercial clients, provides creative business marketing and production management services for events. She is always interested to discuss new projects and collaborations.