Vida Detenida
Pedro Almodóvar
Lazy Dog Press
Hardcover
First Edition
Accordion Book
24 pages
150 × 240 mm
2025
ISBN 9788898030835
In ‘Vida Detenida’—which translates more precisely as “life held in suspension” rather than simply “still life”—Almodóvar transforms the quiet corners of his home into expressive compositions. Capturing the light that spills across countertops, the shape of a flower in decline, or the melancholy of a forgotten object, these photographs are elegies to the ordinary, rendered extraordinary through his gaze. “Still lifes are a pagan form of altar that venerates and worships objects,” Almodóvar writes. His camera, guided not by technical manipulation but by instinct and emotion, seeks to preserve the fleeting sensation of a moment.
(Source: www.operagallery.com/news/pedro-almodovar-s-vida-detenida)
About the Artist
Best known for his bonkers, surrealist and ultimately brilliant movies, such as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and more recently, The Skin I Live In, Pedro Almodóvar, is a Spanish filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer, and former actor. He is also a good photographer, as his new series of still life pieces demonstrates.
Taking a similar approach to his films, the pieces colourful, reference ideas around domesticity, and are peppered with quotes and historical allusions, referencing realist painters in Madrid including Antonio López García and Isabel Quintanilla.
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(Source: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/pedro-almadovar)
About the Publisher
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