‘To love beauty is to see light.’
This quote is by the poet Victor Hugo:
It is a quote I live by, I think it sums up everything.
It is your choice, isn’t it? Where, when and how you see beauty around you.
It is delicate for sure. To love and to see, is a gracious process.
The understanding you have of anything and any physical appearance,
including your own.
And then there is time, making it impossible to hold on to.
How beauty travels through time. Every stage is meaningful and essential.
There is so much beauty in decay. The circle of life.
To me the magic of life, and love.
As a woman and as an artist, female beauty and empowerment is always a guiding force.
When I work, my vision of beauty is driving me. The tracing of lines on the canvas,
the features of a face or body showing in the frame.
No texture nor detail to escape or be misplaced. I love creating a new magical world
within the frame. Finding beauty is clearly an obsessive element in my work.
But there is so much more to it for me, to beauty. And it is a very vulnerable and intimate process.
To see her is to let her see me, my true meaning and how I see her.
It is about making a connection, an agreement in trust and empowerment,
to be able to share a unique moment. Without it, the picture will not matter.
There is no story to share. Beauty is communication.
The sharing, the exchange, the reflection is the real beauty. The not knowing,
beyond the appearance, it is energy.
It is personal and not tangible, and so, there is no truth.
We all have our own truth, our own beauty.
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*Summary of an essay, part of ‘The Study Of Self’, an art portfolio made for Vogue Germany, July 2020
This quote is by the poet Victor Hugo:
It is a quote I live by, I think it sums up everything.
It is your choice, isn’t it? Where, when and how you see beauty around you.
It is delicate for sure. To love and to see, is a gracious process.
The understanding you have of anything and any physical appearance,
including your own.
And then there is time, making it impossible to hold on to.
How beauty travels through time. Every stage is meaningful and essential.
There is so much beauty in decay. The circle of life.
To me the magic of life, and love.
As a woman and as an artist, female beauty and empowerment is always a guiding force.
When I work, my vision of beauty is driving me. The tracing of lines on the canvas,
the features of a face or body showing in the frame.
No texture nor detail to escape or be misplaced. I love creating a new magical world
within the frame. Finding beauty is clearly an obsessive element in my work.
But there is so much more to it for me, to beauty. And it is a very vulnerable and intimate process.
To see her is to let her see me, my true meaning and how I see her.
It is about making a connection, an agreement in trust and empowerment,
to be able to share a unique moment. Without it, the picture will not matter.
There is no story to share. Beauty is communication.
The sharing, the exchange, the reflection is the real beauty. The not knowing,
beyond the appearance, it is energy.
It is personal and not tangible, and so, there is no truth.
We all have our own truth, our own beauty.
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*Summary of an essay, part of ‘The Study Of Self’, an art portfolio made for Vogue Germany, July 2020
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Alique is a female photographer,
director and artist.
Her photographic work is
featured worldwide on the covers
of Vogue. She lenses women
such as Christy Turlington,
Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Aniston,
Amber Valletta, Natalie Portman,
Billie Eilish and so many others.
Advertising clients include Dior,
Louis Vuitton, Estee Lauder,
Laura Mercier, Michael Kors,
Karl Lagerfeld, DKNY
and Zegna.
As the founder and creator of
The Joan Journal,
an offline and underground
publication, she is aiming to
refind a more truthful way of
communication between and
for the empowerment of women.
As of recent, Alique is advancing
her focus on the arts, and exploring
her love for sculpting.