2nd place
silver star award
Pietro Abbagnato
italy 
Photo © Pietro Abbagnato
title
Different
His work is an introspective investigation that transforms the landscape into a mental space. In his main projects, such as "Shoreline" and "Il Cerchio" (The Circle), Abbagnato uses natural and geometric elements to explore deep emotional states. If in Shoreline the shoreline becomes a threshold between the conscious and the unconscious, in the project Il Cerchio the perfect shape becomes a symbol of unity and universal connection, overcoming the fragmentation of reality.
His artistic career has received numerous international awards and recognitions and is enhanced by collaborations with prestigious exhibition venues, including Paratissima Art Gallery. Abbagnato does not document the world; he synthesizes it. His is a "photography of thought" that invites the viewer to silence, contemplation, and the search for a poetic order within everyday chaos
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entry description
Rosolina, Via Po Di Levante. Italy. December 13, 2015about the photographer
Pietro Abbagnato (b. 1962) is an Italian contemporary art photographer whose research moves along the fine line between abstraction and reality. Based in Badia Polesine (Rovigo), his work is characterized by a rigorous minimalism, expressed almost exclusively through the formal balance of the square format.His work is an introspective investigation that transforms the landscape into a mental space. In his main projects, such as "Shoreline" and "Il Cerchio" (The Circle), Abbagnato uses natural and geometric elements to explore deep emotional states. If in Shoreline the shoreline becomes a threshold between the conscious and the unconscious, in the project Il Cerchio the perfect shape becomes a symbol of unity and universal connection, overcoming the fragmentation of reality.
His artistic career has received numerous international awards and recognitions and is enhanced by collaborations with prestigious exhibition venues, including Paratissima Art Gallery. Abbagnato does not document the world; he synthesizes it. His is a "photography of thought" that invites the viewer to silence, contemplation, and the search for a poetic order within everyday chaos
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