For me, Polaroids are not just photographic objects: they are “effects” of personal memory. They have reopened a window to childhood, not so much out of nostalgia, but because of that sense of urgency and immediacy that only certain images possess.
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Stefania Piccioni
Much more than an aesthetic object, the mirror has fascinated and influenced the culture and art of many peoples. Historically it is the first virtuality device, or augmented reality, not only a "duplicator" of reality, but also a transformer of it.
In the study of history of photography it’s easy to see how light is fundamental, in fact photographers of every ages have been able to create atmospheres, communicate sensations and show the movement of surfaces through more or less intense contrasts of lights and shadows.
In this virtual table I wanted to represent a personal diary with a series of photographs taken of different subjects, in different places and in different situations. Designing this moodboard was a fun and creative way to travel back in memory, in a sort of mental map, which allowed me to calmly organize a lot of material, in order to find an original interpretation that told of me.
Why not adapting towards the latest revolutionary invention in photography? It´s a place where dreams go to live and die. Why not explore it further and make the most of it even in still life photography?
Portrait photography has a meaning that goes beyond the representation of a subject, it can be many things, such as the metaphor of a way of thinking.
In these still lifes I'm going back to work. with pastel colours. they seem to purify the surfaces, light colors make the vacuum merge. The empty spaces have slight contrasts of shape as a value.
The pre-production phase of my project is where all the planning takes place before the camera rolls. Whether its measured in minutes, hours or days, my planning phase sets the overall vision of my project.
Stefania Piccioni, who is used to this expressive technique, is introducing here a series of works, still lives, that recently has made. Still life is a genre of painting that represents inanimate objects or that “live” (like vegetables).
White is maybe the most rigorous and psychological color, it seems to purify the surfaces, it’s a color that makes the vacuum merge.
Still life can be a portal to a personal kind of history. In some ways it’s very intimate: the objects chosen by the Photographer reveal what they consider to be either of social or cultural importance, or of personal value to them.
White is maybe the most rigorous and psychological color, it seems to purify the surfaces, it’s a color that makes the vacuum merge. The empty spaces have slight contrasts of shape as a value.
Trecastelli (March 9 to May 19, 2019) The exhibtion has as its protagonists nine artists coming from Marche, who through photographic reworked versions, videos and sculpture have outlined new stories, new works, new languages, paying homage to Nori de Nobili, both as woman and as artist.
Still life can be a portal to a personal kind of history. In some ways it’s very intimate: the objects chosen by the Photographer reveal what they consider to be either of social or cultural importance, or of personal value to them.
In the study of history of photography it’s easy to see how light is fundamental, in fact photographers of every ages have been able to create atmospheres, communicate sensations and show the movement of surfaces through more or less intense contrasts of lights and shadows.
Inspired by the Caravaggio's dramatic 'chiaroscuro' style of light and shadow, was based on "a whole set of techniques that are the basis of photography", I tried to recreate the feel of classic still lifes in my pictures.
Dolomites are a section of Alps in the north Italy. The Mountains around us of soaring rock spires seemingly suspended above the clouds. The Dolomites are a unique landscape.
Inspired by the Golden Age of Dutch painting, Stefania Piccioni tries to recreate the feel of classic still lifes in his photography. His work is painstakingly assembled from shots of Fruits taken with the same lighting,
