Foto Relevance is pleased to announce the representation of Delphine Blast.
Blast is a French artist currently based in Paris. Portraiture occupies a central place in her photography-based work. Blast works on various social issues with a focus on women’s roles and their emancipation in changing societies. After working for many years in Latin America, she has recently expanded her practice to explore the legacies of cultural heritage across Africa. Over the years, Blast has turned toward more dimensional creations, integrating visual tools beyond straight photography into her work, thus exploring different forms of expression and life.
Blast’s work has won numerous awards and has been published in various magazines in France and internationally (such as National Geographic, Geo, and Marie-Claire). She is a member of Women Photograph, a non-profit that launched in 2017 to elevate the voices of women and nonbinary visual journalists. Her latest project, Flowers of the Isthmus, focuses on the indigenous community of Zapotec women in Mexico. This series has been shortlisted at the Sony Awards, exhibited in many festivals, and the eponymous book won the IPA Photo Book of the Year. Other bodies of work include Cholitas, an exploration of the traditional dress of the indigenous women of Bolivia, and Dancing Flare, a dynamic look at the mesmerizing rhythms and costuming of traditional Mexican dance. Blast’s work is a celebration of identity, womanhood, and female liberation.
Foto Relevance looks forward to exhibiting selections from Cholitas, Flowers the Isthmus, and Dancing Flare in an upcoming show in 2024.
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Selected works