Cesar Mieses

Cesar Mieses (born April 24, 1973) is a Dominican photographer, best known for his experimental photographs of black and white photoshoots.

He studied at the House of Photography Wifredo Garcia (1994) Advanced Photography with Italian photographers Carlos Prandoni and Luciano Comba in the School of Design Altos de Chavon (1994). He has also conducted workshops in Photoshop, Retouching and Digital Image Restoration with Dominican photographer Francis Nunez (2002) and the Photography Advertising Professional Studio 'Quico Valenzuela'(2003). In his photographs and photographic installations, Cesar Mieses addresses social reality through a series of images that impact us with his bold, ironic, humorous and very particular way of "focusing" the rituals of seduction games, "collisions" sexual and erotic contemporary Dominican youth. The experimental search and questioning of visual and perceptual habits are traditional characteristic of their creative practice.

Among his recent participation in national and international events include "Small Formats III" Elespacio Art Gallery (2004), "Homage to Ramon Oviedo" Arawak Gallery (2003), "The Rape Of The Light", Cervantes Institute, Brussels, Belgium (2004). He recently won the 1st prize. Experimental Category Award in the International Photographic Competition of the Americas Wifredo Garcia, Casa de Teatro (2003), an Honorable Mention in Photography at the National Youth Art Contest "Rivers, Streams of Life" sponsored by the Foundation HELVETAS, House of Art, Santiago de los Caballeros (2004), was selected by the jury of the XXII national Biennial of Visual Arts and played an important part in the V Caribbean Biennial at the Museum of Modern Art (2004).