Artist Statement
Middletown, USA


This work is a mix of melancholy and desperate hope. The work aims to capture an abstraction in close proximity to a reality.
I portray the situations and objects that I encounter in my travels through middle America honestly and the viewer is left to endow them with a much deeper meaning. Middletown is a continuation of my exploration into the cracks on the surface of the American dream.

 

 

Baldomero Fernandez first began taking photographs at age fourteen, while growing up in Miami, FL. He later graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology and moved to New York City into a career in photography.

Baldomero’s photographs have appeared in publications such as Life, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and W Magazine. In 2004 he was honored by MTV, winning a Public Service Announcement contest with a spot encouraging voter participation. In 2005 he received the Communication Arts Magazine Editorial Award of Excellence for his work done in Cuba and also The Workshops 2005 Golden Light Award. As well as being included into the Martin Margulies Permanent Collection in 2005. In 2006 he was awarded the 1st place in historical division of International Photography Awards 2006. He received Mention in Flash Forward 2006 and Prix de la Photographie 2007. His work has consistently appeared in American Photography Annual since 1999. He was a finalist in the Center Awards for his projects Cubano (2006) and Middletown (2011). Baldomero has a healthy obsession with marathon running and also enjoys being up in the country with a flashlight in hand looking for frogs and snails at night with his 4 year old son.

 

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