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Custom-designed and frequently hand-crafted top hats, masks butterflies, crowns painting backdrops technique to get the smallest the details that are inspired by vintage noir films from the 1930s and 40s. A lot of time and patience goes into every photo of fine art by the talented Italian artist Giulia Valente.
We have asked Giulia about what the secret of creating her artful photography. Here's her account.
"I graduated from Padua University with degrees in Music, Art and Theater in the year 2006. I have always been attracted to art. One thing I love when I live in Italy is the fact that art can be found everywhere, making it simple to get inspired.
My style can be defined as fine-art photography. I see continuity between photography and painting. In some ways, photography is painting's younger sibling. Photographs, not just paintings is my primary source of inspiration when planning to shoot-retouch-and-retouch a new project."
"Giovanni Gastel," the recent deceased Italian photographer, once told me that you have to trash 10 000 good ideas before finding the best one. I try, in my own small way to implement this method. In fact, I have a journal full of ideas sketch notes, notes and ideas that will likely to remain on paper forever.
The first step to take when making a decision on a project is planning: pre-production is crucial to take decisions, define and focus on the main idea. Then, draw sketches, gather objects or props... It's a very long and stressful process due to the fact that the photography that is required calls for a lot of concentration and even an obsession with the fine details, the things you don't immediately notice, but that will make a huge distinction."
What were the keys to making those caterpillar pictures?
"In the particular situation of this Caterpillar Project, I tried to identify the elements that distinguish the person, that make him identifiable: the color blue and the hookah he smokes, the wings when he changes into a butterfly. But as well the manner of speaking - which is a bit conceited and vain. After that, I attempted to bring the various elements togetherand re-create the main look of the picture I imagined.
In May of 2021, an exhibition of my selected artworks was opened in the the Laboratorio Cardin(Padua, Italy). It is a great feeling and grateful because this is my first time exhibiting."
More of the artist's beautiful art photography, that are rooted in Italian and Flemish painting of the The XV and XVI century, are available the images on Instagram and on her website..
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