TITLE: Borderline Ocean

The topic of mental health is very delicate and difficult to deal with also because it includes a variety of disorders with boundaries, not always well delineated, ranging from neurosis to psychosis.
"Borderline Ocean” aims to describe those situations of mental suffering (transient or permanent) that are placed between neurosis and psychosis and that are characterized by: alterations of identity with a markedly and persistently unstable image and perception of oneself; desperate efforts to avoid abandonment (real or imagined); unstable and intense relationships that alternate between idealizing and devaluing the other person; chronic feelings of emptiness,
It is a condition where the reality test is compromised, where the image and perception of oneself are markedly and persistently unstable, where the prevailing defense mechanisms are those centered on splitting: a condition in which evil and good ( represented by the 2 white and black spheres), good and bad cannot be integrated, oscillating between love and hate, between idealization and devaluation or persecutory experience, without being able to find a balance, with inevitable serious repercussions on the self-image and interpersonal relationships.

AUTHOR: Antonella Cunsolo (Italy)

Born in Sicily in 1974, she approached photography as a child, thanks to his father who had this passion and never missed an opportunity to portray her. Only later, however, she will have the opportunity to deepen his knowledge in the field. In fact, when she was heighteen, she moved to Rome to study Psychology and, upon graduation, she received her first camera as a gift. While continuing her studies in Psychotherapy, she also follows a 600-hour regional course in Photograpy, with relative internship at a photographic studio, earning a Professional Photographer Qualification. She begins with a passion for the landscape, passing through Street Photography and Reportage, to arrive at the Portrait of which follows various workshops with Italian and international Masters including Giovanni Gastel and Mustafà Sabbagh. She then continued his studies on Fashion Photography and Post Production at the prestigious Kaverdash Academy of Photography in Milan, where she further refined lighting, shooting and editing techniques.
In 2016 she published his first book "Io Non Muoio" (Bonanno Publisher) which tells, through images, the photographic and psychological path of 5 women, created in collaboration with the Humanitas oncology center in Catania.
On March 21st 2019 another personal Photo Exhibition travelling around Sicily, born from the "Noi Siamo Bellezza" project carried out in collaboration with the Association “Associazione famiglie persone Down”(Association of Family with people with Down syndrome).
On Dicember 2019 the second book "Noi Siamo Bellezza" (Edizioni Bam).
Specialized in portrait and fashion photography, she holds photography courses and workshops in the classroom and online customized for all ages and levels.
Website: www.antonellacunsolo.com

Books:

2019: "We are beauty",(Bottega BAM) a project with children with Down Syndrome.
2016: "Io non muoio" (Bonanno publisher), which through images tells the struggle of 5 women with breast cancer.

Personal exhibitions:
2019-2022: "We are beauty" project.
2014-2024: Project "I don't die".


Publications and awards

• 2024 Honorable Mention BIFA Contest 2024, People-Portrait Category
• 2024 Honorable mention Monovision Awards, Portrait Category
• 2023 Gold Winner Tokyo International Photo Awards, Portrait Category
• 2023/2024 Nominee Fine Art Photography Awards, Portrait Category
• 2023/2024 Nominee Fine Art Photography Awards, People Category
• 2023 Honorable Mention Chromatic Awards, Portrait Category
• 2023 Finalist Hipa Contest, Portrait Category
• 2022 Honorable Mention IPA Contest 2022, Portrait Category
• 2022 Honorable Mention BIFA Contest 2022, Portrait Category
• 2022 Finalist Imago Photocontest Orbetello (GR) 2022, Portrait Category
• 2022 5TH PLACE WINNER HIPA CONTEST 2021-2022, Portrait Category
• 2022, Honorable mention Monovision Awards, Nature and Wildelife Category
• 2021 Honorable Mention Monochrome Photography Awards. Portrait Category
• 2021 Honorable Mention Chromatic Awards, Fashion and Beauty Category
• Dicembre 2020 Publication on Digital Photo Professional
• May 2020 publication on Fotocult Magazine
• March 2020 publication on Il Fotografo Magazine
• From January 2020 to today publication on Photovogue
• 2018 publication on Sposi magazine