honorable mention
Paco Matteo Li Calzi italy
title
ao tūroa
They are all self- Portraits of myself taken on a tripod.
These pictures represent the shape of a body in the purest nature , the human turns back to his natural instincts melting with the environment in a peaceful and harmonious way, the images are steady but looking at them you can still imagine to hear the noise of the wind and the water and smell the fresh air and perfumes of the plants and musks.
I chose to hide always the head for two reasons: first it gives to the silhouette a less human shape and make it looks more an animal and second because conceptually the idea of not having a " human head " will make us come back to our instincts and live our lives respecting nature like all the other animals do and be part of it in a really beautiful and harmonic way.
New Zealand has such a strong and amazing energy and once I saw those places I felt I had to embrace that feeling and freeze it in a picture and this is why I chose to call this series "Ao tūroa" which in Maori means light of day, world, Earth, nature, enduring world, natural world.
There's nothing erotic about these images but it's just an homage to our Mother Earth and her beauty and they are supposed to show to the viewer which one our true essence should be.
starts his studies in Buenos Aires in 2009 at Motivarte Institute of Photography, the same year he wins a scholarship given by the Europen Institute of Photography in Rome for a three years Master.
On November 9, 2011 he founded with some collegues the Chicken Mc Frame Production, few months later they won a national video contest for Maggie Jeans and for Yomo and did together some Campaigns and videos.
In 2012 his work start being published in many national and international Magazines, Webzines and Fashionblogs and starts working for various agencies. The same year he graduates with praise.
In 2013 he won a second place in the International Golden Camera Photo Contest in Ukraine with his personal work “Parasomnia” for the category Professional-Fine Art and he joined MIA Visual Studio in Rome.
In May 2014 he moved to Melbourne, Australia and starts working for for AOL Creative Agency and as a freelance Photographer and Videographer.
In 2019 he moved back to Italy and started teaching at Harim Academy of Fashion in Catania where he still teaches nowadays.
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entry description
This Project was taken less than a month ago (Aug/sep 2017) in New Zealand in the areas between Rotorua and Whangamata.They are all self- Portraits of myself taken on a tripod.
These pictures represent the shape of a body in the purest nature , the human turns back to his natural instincts melting with the environment in a peaceful and harmonious way, the images are steady but looking at them you can still imagine to hear the noise of the wind and the water and smell the fresh air and perfumes of the plants and musks.
I chose to hide always the head for two reasons: first it gives to the silhouette a less human shape and make it looks more an animal and second because conceptually the idea of not having a " human head " will make us come back to our instincts and live our lives respecting nature like all the other animals do and be part of it in a really beautiful and harmonic way.
New Zealand has such a strong and amazing energy and once I saw those places I felt I had to embrace that feeling and freeze it in a picture and this is why I chose to call this series "Ao tūroa" which in Maori means light of day, world, Earth, nature, enduring world, natural world.
There's nothing erotic about these images but it's just an homage to our Mother Earth and her beauty and they are supposed to show to the viewer which one our true essence should be.
about the photographer
Born in Catania, Italy in 1987,starts his studies in Buenos Aires in 2009 at Motivarte Institute of Photography, the same year he wins a scholarship given by the Europen Institute of Photography in Rome for a three years Master.
On November 9, 2011 he founded with some collegues the Chicken Mc Frame Production, few months later they won a national video contest for Maggie Jeans and for Yomo and did together some Campaigns and videos.
In 2012 his work start being published in many national and international Magazines, Webzines and Fashionblogs and starts working for various agencies. The same year he graduates with praise.
In 2013 he won a second place in the International Golden Camera Photo Contest in Ukraine with his personal work “Parasomnia” for the category Professional-Fine Art and he joined MIA Visual Studio in Rome.
In May 2014 he moved to Melbourne, Australia and starts working for for AOL Creative Agency and as a freelance Photographer and Videographer.
In 2019 he moved back to Italy and started teaching at Harim Academy of Fashion in Catania where he still teaches nowadays.
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