Conundrum is a poetic reflection on human beings and our existence on earth.
The human strives to be loved, find meaning in life and hide our failings. After all,
we're all just humans, trying to do our best to create a meaningful life during the
limited time that we have been given. In this vulnerable state there is something
deeply universal.
The images are photographed with different techniques such as
Polaroid film, digital camera and analog film. The damaged emulsion from the
polaroid film has been added to the images. It becomes a metaphor for the
inevitable flaws of life and humans. The damaged emulsion also adds an element
of randomness to the images that amplifies the things that we cannot affect in
life.
The photos are a tribute to human beings and our shortcomings and
attempts to find meaning in life. The photo book Conundrum will be published in
September 2024.
Martina Holmberg
Martina Holmberg is a freelance photographer based and born in Stockholm,
Sweden. As a child, she often accompanied her father to the darkroom where he
copied black and white photographs. She loved to pass through the doors into
the dark room and smell the chemicals from the vats where the photographs
slowly emerged in the liquids. Perhaps it was there that her interest in
photography began without her knowledge at the time.
Holmberg is both a writer and photographer, and women's different living
conditions have been a common thread in her work for many years. An incurable
curiosity about the human being is the main reason why she become a
photographer and writer. She have traveled around the world for various aid
organizations and on her own assignments where she have portrayed people's
different living conditions. Often with a focus on women's rights. She find just as
much inspiration in creating a feeling or an inner state on a more subtle level.
She love to challenging herself by trying new expressions to constantly
evolve. Over the years she has published eight books, and her work has been
exhibited, awarded, and published internationally.
www.martinaholmberg.com
