honorable mention
Federica Nardese italy
title
La Belle Penseuse (Mirari)
We feed on beauty and illusions while looking at ourselves in a mirror that never gives back reality. Into the mirror, "Through the Glass", we live another life. It can be scary somehow but it can also be relieving when the mirroring effect resonates with our deepest needs.
Mirror derives from the Latin "Mirari" (Miror, Mirari, Miratus) that means be amazed and surprised or to look in wonder, awe, admiration at someone or something. The act of mirroring is thus something very powerful and linked to inner and ancient needs for the human race. Something that has a lot to do with contemporary photography and its meaning in the struggle between vanity and insight.
"La Belle Penseuse" is a digital photography series taken in a studio space with artificial strobe lights. Technique gave me the opportunity to create a dramatic light with very strong shadows so as to pay (my contemporary) homage to great masters painters such as George de la Tour and Artemisia Gentileschi.
She works with "everyday" clients to provide them the most amazing portraiture to celebrate their beauty and life.
At the same time she keeps on working on her Fine Art projects to keep inspiration alive.
For her photography storytelling is essential: every pictures suggests a story for the viewer to partake in.
You can find her at:
www.visualstory.biz
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entry description
What do we see when we look in a mirror? Mirrors are strange places, they reflect and distort reality to let us see things the way we want to see them.We feed on beauty and illusions while looking at ourselves in a mirror that never gives back reality. Into the mirror, "Through the Glass", we live another life. It can be scary somehow but it can also be relieving when the mirroring effect resonates with our deepest needs.
Mirror derives from the Latin "Mirari" (Miror, Mirari, Miratus) that means be amazed and surprised or to look in wonder, awe, admiration at someone or something. The act of mirroring is thus something very powerful and linked to inner and ancient needs for the human race. Something that has a lot to do with contemporary photography and its meaning in the struggle between vanity and insight.
"La Belle Penseuse" is a digital photography series taken in a studio space with artificial strobe lights. Technique gave me the opportunity to create a dramatic light with very strong shadows so as to pay (my contemporary) homage to great masters painters such as George de la Tour and Artemisia Gentileschi.
about the photographer
Federica is an Italian portrait and fine art photographer based in Milan. Her style is soft, dreamy, fascinating - sometimes creepy and whimsical. She uses nature as a means to lead the viewer into a timeless and ancient world with recalls to the folklore and the fairytales that she was told in her childhood days.She works with "everyday" clients to provide them the most amazing portraiture to celebrate their beauty and life.
At the same time she keeps on working on her Fine Art projects to keep inspiration alive.
For her photography storytelling is essential: every pictures suggests a story for the viewer to partake in.
You can find her at:
www.visualstory.biz
back to gallery