A silent piano, scattered cymbals in the music room, eight hats all over the tiny bedroom, high heels in the walking-in closet, colorful round John Lennon’s glasses, faded dead flowers still releasing a sweet smell, toys fighting each other in the basement, crucifixes, fruit shaped candles, smoke, incense, lace and saints. “Blueprints†gravitates towards the notion that our home is the reflection of ourselves. Instead of conventional photographic portraiture, in this body of work I reveal the personalities of my subjects by depicting the contents of their homes. “Blueprints†do resemble architectural floor plans; however, they are in fact an unusual form of portrait.
Joana P. Cardozo is a Brazilian-born visual artist based in New York City. Her creative practice utilizes photography to produce images that engage her subjects and their home environments in a unique graphic style of portraiture titled Blueprints. Cardozo graduated from the International Center of Photography in 2015. Her work has been exhibited in group shows including Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn; International Center of Photography, New York; Photoville, Brooklyn; Filter Space, Chicago; A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn and Paraty em Foco International Photography Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
