Honorable Mention
Gotipua
DESCRIPTION
Gotipua is the poetry of devotion woven into movement, where man, adorned as the divine feminine, transcend their own form to become vessels of grace. It is not mere dance; it is surrender, body bending, soul soaring, echoing the eternal rhythm of Radha and Krishna. In its fluidity lies a truth: the self is not fixed, identity is a dance, and beauty is found in the dissolution of boundaries. Gotipua whispers that art is not just seen; it is felt, lived, and ultimately, a path to the divine. AUTHOR
Lucas Dragone (b. 1981) is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning photographer whose work traverses the boundary between the poetic and the documentary, the intimate and the universal. His journey into the visual arts is deeply rooted in a rich background in performance, theatre, and human connection, an evolution that speaks to a lifelong quest to understand and portray the complexities of the human condition. 