Fine art photography The CreativeMindClass Blog
Custom and often hand-made top hats, masks, butterflies, crowns painting backdrops methods to record particulars, influenced by the old noir movies from the 30s and 40s. Many hours of preparations and dedication go into each photo of fine art by the talented Italian artist Giulia Valente.
We asked Giulia what her secret to creating her artful photography. Here is her story.
"I completed my degree from Padua University, with a degree in Music, Art as well as Theatre in 2006. I've always been fascinated to art. One aspect I like most about being in Italy is the fact that art is everywhere, making it easy to find inspiration.
My style is called fine art photography. I can see a connection between photography and painting. In some ways, photography is painting's younger sibling. Photos, in addition to paintings can be my most important source of inspiration when planning to shoot-retouch-and-retouch the next project."
"Giovanni Gastel, the recently passed away Italian photographer, once said that you have to trash 10 000 good ideas before picking the one that is right for you. In my own way to follow this approach. Actually, I keep many ideas in my journal, sketches, notes, and thoughts that are bound to be kept on paper for the rest of my life.
The most important step when working on a new project is planning. It is essential to make decisions that define the idea, then draw sketches, gather objects or props... It can be a long and stressful process due to the fact that the photography that is required requires a lot of attention, even an obsession, in the finer details, the things you don't immediately think about, but will make a huge difference."
What was the secret to making those caterpillar pictures?
"In the instance of The Caterpillar Project, I attempted to identify the elements that identify the character, which make him easily identifiable. These include the color blue and the hookah smokes, his wings when he changes into a butterfly, but also the attitude - a bit conceited and vain. Then I tried to put all of these features in a cohesive manner, and combine them with the overall look of the picture I had in mind.
The 3rd of May, 2021 the exhibition featuring my chosen work was inaugurated in the the Laboratorio Cardin(Padua, Italy). I'm very happy and grateful as this is my first show."
More of the artist's fine art photographs, rooted in Italian and Flemish artworks of the both the XV and XVI centuries you can find the images on Instagram as well as her Website.
