Fine art photography - The CreativeMindClass Blog
Hand-made and custom made top hats, masks butterflies, crowns, paintings as backdrops, macro techniques to capture the details that are inspired by vintage noir movies from the 1930s and 40s. Numerous hours of planning and patience goes into every photo of fine art by the talented Italian photographer Giulia Valente.
We were curious to know from Giulia what the key to creating her artful photography. This is her tale.
"I have graduated from Padua University in disciplines of music, art, and Theatre in 2006. I've always been captivated to art. One thing I enjoy about living in Italy is the fact that art is everywhere, so it's simple to get inspired.
My style can be called fine art photography. I can see a connection between photography and painting. In many ways photography can be described as painting's older sibling. Paintings, more than photos can be my most important source of inspiration when planning to shoot-retouch-and-retouch the next project."
"Giovanni Gastel, the just passed away Italian photographer, once said that one must throw out 10000 good ideas before finding the best one. I try, in my own way to implement this method. Indeed, I've got many ideas in my journal, sketches, notes, and ideas that will likely to stay on my paper for all time.
The primary step in creating a new idea is planning. Pre-production is essential to make decisions, define and focus on the idea, then create drawings, and collect items/props... This can be an extremely stressful and time-consuming stage because the photography that is required requires a lot of attention or even an obsession with the fine details, those things that you may not immediately take notice of, but which could make all the impact."
What was the key to making your caterpillar photographs?
"In the particular case of this Caterpillar project, I attempted to determine the characteristics that identify the character, that make him identifiable: the color blue, the hookah that smokes, his wings that he reveals when he transforms into a butterfly, but as well the manner of speaking - which is somewhat conceited and arrogant. After that, I attempted to bring the various elements in a cohesive manner, and combine them with the overall look of the picture I had in mind.
In May of 2021, an exhibit of some of my work was inaugurated at the Laboratorio Cardin(Padua, Italy). I'm very happy and grateful as this is my first time exhibiting."
The artist's other fine art photographs, rooted in Italian and Flemish paintings of XV and XVI centuries, you can view on her Instagram and on her Website.
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