Fine art photography - The CreativeMindClass Blog
Hand-made and custom made top hats, masks, crowns, butterfly wings painting backdrops macro techniques to capture details, inspired by old noir movies from the 30s and 40s. Many hours of preparations and deliberation go into every fine art photograph of the talented Italian photographer Giulia Valente.
We were curious to know from Giulia what the key to making her fine art photography. This is her tale.
"I graduated from Padua University with degrees in music, art, and Theatre in 2006. I've always been fascinated to art. One of the things that I like most about being in Italy is that art is everywhere, so it's easy to draw inspiration.
My style is described as fine art photography: I am able to see the continuity between painting and photography. In a way photography can be described as painting's older cousin. Photos, in addition to paintings, are my main source of inspiration when planning to shoot-retouch-and-retouch an upcoming project."
"Giovanni Gastel, the recent deceased Italian photographer, once said that it is necessary to throw away 10000 good ideas before picking the one that is right for you. I attempt, in my own way to apply this principle. In fact, I have many ideas in my journal sketch notes, notes and ideas that will likely to remain on paper forever.
The primary step in working on a new project is planning: pre-production is vital to decide to define and concentrate on the concept, and then draw sketches, gather objects or props... It's a very difficult and lengthy process because this kind of photography calls for a lot of concentration or even an obsession in the finer details, those things that you may not immediately think about, but will make a huge distinction."
What was the secret in making the caterpillar photos?
"In the specific case in The Caterpillar initiative, I tried to identify the elements which identify the character that make him identifiable: the blue color as well as the hookah smokes and the wings when he changes into a butterfly, but in addition, the way he looks - perhaps a little conceited and careless. Then I tried to put the various elements in a cohesive manner, and combine them with the style and style of the image I had in mind.
The 3rd of May, 2021 an exhibit of some of my works was launched in the Laboratorio Cardin(Padua, Italy). I'm very happy and grateful because this is my first exhibition."
A selection of her exquisite art photos, which are that are rooted in Italian and Flemish painting of the The XV and XVI century, are available the images on Instagram as well as her website..
