Lídia Vives - Carwash
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Description from the seller
Edition number 5 of a limited edition run of 10.
Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta paper with an ultra-glossy finish.
It is delivered signed and numbered, together with a certificate of authenticity.
The artwork is shipped in a tube or in a rigid envelope depending on the destination.
The package includes cotton gloves for handling the artwork and a signed postcard.
SOBRE LA OBRA: Carwash captures the anticipation of an intimate encounter inside a car, fixing that tense, charged moment when desire expresses itself without words. The scene shows a couple immersed in an atmosphere of complicity and closeness, suspended on the threshold between anticipation and action.
The red car acts as a central symbolic element, reinforcing ideas of passion, eroticism and contained emotion. More than just a setting, the car becomes a private, transient space, an improvised refuge where intimacy arises at the margins of the everyday.
The photograph evokes the intensity of youth and the experience of surrendering to desire wherever it appears, when the urgency of the moment turns any place into a territory of connection and discovery.
Carwash offers a delicate, cinematic gaze on intimacy, focusing on emotion, waiting and the silent energy that precedes contact.
*****
My work has been globally recognized in various competitions, most notably the gold medal at the Trierenberg Super Circuit (Austria) in 2018, a gold medal at the Moscow International Photo Awards (Russia) in 2020, a FIAP gold medal and an ISF gold medal at the Trofeu Torretes de Fotografia (Spain) in the same year, the Artist Photographer of the Year award at the Monochrome Awards (USA) in 2021, as well as the Photographer of the Year award at the Muse Photography Awards (USA), and the first prize in the Nude category at the Chromatic Awards (USA) in 2022, among others.
(Selection)
2018| Gold, Self-Portrait Category, Trierenberg Super Circuit, Wels, Austria
2020| Gold, Fine Art - Portrait (Professional), Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow, Russia
FIAP Gold Medal, Monochrome, Trofeu Torretes de Fotografia, Calella, Spain
ISF Gold Medal, Color, Trofeu Torretes de Fotografia, Color, Calella, Spain
2021| Gold - Artist Photographer of the Year, Fine Art (Professional), Monochrome Awards, USA
Gold - Photographer of the Year (Professional), Muse Photography Awards, USA
2022| Platinum Winner, Fine Art Photography - Nudes (Professional), European Photography Awards, Europe
Gold Medal, Self-portrait, Trierenberg Super Circuit, Wels, Austria
1st Prize, Chromatic Awards, USA
#exclusivephoto
Seller's Story
Lídia Vives is a visual artist and fine art photographer born in Lleida and based in Barcelona. Her work fuses pictorial tradition, symbolic storytelling and contemporary fashion aesthetics, creating images that go beyond visual beauty to reveal hidden layers of meaning.
She is known for hiding secrets in her photographs — enigmatic symbols, subtle narrative details, and recurring elements such as bees. These visual mysteries have become her signature, offering viewers the chance to decode personal and universal themes embedded in each composition.
With influences from Renaissance and Baroque painting, Vives constructs her photographs with meticulous art direction, often integrating custom-made props, mixed media, and self-portraiture. Her imagery balances the timeless and the surreal, evoking a sense of suspended reality.
Her work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and international art fairs, and featured in publications including Vogue Italia and Esquire. She has collaborated with institutions and brands such as RTVE and Penguin Random House, and her pieces are part of private collections around the world.
Edition number 5 of a limited edition run of 10.
Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta paper with an ultra-glossy finish.
It is delivered signed and numbered, together with a certificate of authenticity.
The artwork is shipped in a tube or in a rigid envelope depending on the destination.
The package includes cotton gloves for handling the artwork and a signed postcard.
SOBRE LA OBRA: Carwash captures the anticipation of an intimate encounter inside a car, fixing that tense, charged moment when desire expresses itself without words. The scene shows a couple immersed in an atmosphere of complicity and closeness, suspended on the threshold between anticipation and action.
The red car acts as a central symbolic element, reinforcing ideas of passion, eroticism and contained emotion. More than just a setting, the car becomes a private, transient space, an improvised refuge where intimacy arises at the margins of the everyday.
The photograph evokes the intensity of youth and the experience of surrendering to desire wherever it appears, when the urgency of the moment turns any place into a territory of connection and discovery.
Carwash offers a delicate, cinematic gaze on intimacy, focusing on emotion, waiting and the silent energy that precedes contact.
*****
My work has been globally recognized in various competitions, most notably the gold medal at the Trierenberg Super Circuit (Austria) in 2018, a gold medal at the Moscow International Photo Awards (Russia) in 2020, a FIAP gold medal and an ISF gold medal at the Trofeu Torretes de Fotografia (Spain) in the same year, the Artist Photographer of the Year award at the Monochrome Awards (USA) in 2021, as well as the Photographer of the Year award at the Muse Photography Awards (USA), and the first prize in the Nude category at the Chromatic Awards (USA) in 2022, among others.
(Selection)
2018| Gold, Self-Portrait Category, Trierenberg Super Circuit, Wels, Austria
2020| Gold, Fine Art - Portrait (Professional), Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow, Russia
FIAP Gold Medal, Monochrome, Trofeu Torretes de Fotografia, Calella, Spain
ISF Gold Medal, Color, Trofeu Torretes de Fotografia, Color, Calella, Spain
2021| Gold - Artist Photographer of the Year, Fine Art (Professional), Monochrome Awards, USA
Gold - Photographer of the Year (Professional), Muse Photography Awards, USA
2022| Platinum Winner, Fine Art Photography - Nudes (Professional), European Photography Awards, Europe
Gold Medal, Self-portrait, Trierenberg Super Circuit, Wels, Austria
1st Prize, Chromatic Awards, USA
#exclusivephoto
Seller's Story
Lídia Vives is a visual artist and fine art photographer born in Lleida and based in Barcelona. Her work fuses pictorial tradition, symbolic storytelling and contemporary fashion aesthetics, creating images that go beyond visual beauty to reveal hidden layers of meaning.
She is known for hiding secrets in her photographs — enigmatic symbols, subtle narrative details, and recurring elements such as bees. These visual mysteries have become her signature, offering viewers the chance to decode personal and universal themes embedded in each composition.
With influences from Renaissance and Baroque painting, Vives constructs her photographs with meticulous art direction, often integrating custom-made props, mixed media, and self-portraiture. Her imagery balances the timeless and the surreal, evoking a sense of suspended reality.
Her work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and international art fairs, and featured in publications including Vogue Italia and Esquire. She has collaborated with institutions and brands such as RTVE and Penguin Random House, and her pieces are part of private collections around the world.
Details
Date of print
2025
Artist
Lídia Vives
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Direct from the artist
Title of artwork
Carwash
Condition
Original State
Technique
Digital print
Height
52 cm
Edition
5/10
Width
75 cm
Signature
Signed
Genre
Portrait
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