
cuyana
The Narrative
Love, friendship, pain, joy, nature, truth, justice, freedom.
Nothing has a purer character, possesses more strength — or is more fragile.
The range of interpretations equals the number of people asked, and the uncertainty as well as the ambivalence of human nature shape their apparent form, making these essential elements of life seem inherently paradoxical.
An emerging phantom friendship, asking for unfeigned transparency in order to find its way back to the light it was given.
The essence of life: easily graspable yet not possessible. Neither falsifiable nor purchasable.
The truth behind these necessities asks for the illumination of emotional depth – a depth that depends on unshortened and numbless processes, seeking for mutual understanding, and yet, in the spirit of modernity, are increasingly losing its relevance.
CUYANA translates these reflections into a visual form, unfolding them upon the canvas the world provides – as a narrative of human imperfection – with the intention of capturing fleeting, exceptional moments in their rawest beauty.
Cuyana – (indigenous for Love) refers to the only path to collective bliss: an unadorned, unfiltered, and unapologetic visualization of given, lost, and received Love –striving to reveal its intrinsic truth, in all its light and shadow, as divinely given and inevitable.
It seeks to encounter the weeping clown, the displaced and misunderstood Indigenous person, and the rebel longing for attention to fill his inner void – to wipe away their tears and restore the courage to share emotions that concern us all. Pain has many voices, but nothing is as healing as the fruits of love.


About
Cuyana not only offers a platform for individual expression of artistic perspective, but also dispatches its photographers, with each of its investigatively ambitious titles, on a journey of self-reflection, with results offered in written and visual form. Thus, the dramaturgy of social critique, moral disarray, the beautiful as well as the tragic moments of everyday life, clothed in the light of subjective truth, finds its societal value on the enchanting stage of art. Let yourself be carried away by Cuyana and take a look into those breathtaking magazines — and don’t miss the chance to participate by clicking the provided "submission" button below to submit your own artwork.
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4 - 8 images
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