Photography and matter: the visual imagery of Darren Harvey-Regan

by Carole Dazzi e Romina Ciulli

In materia, 2023

The work of the English artist Darren Harvey-Regan returns a photographic imagery in which the simplicity of the material underlies a complexity of meaning and vice versa. In fact, his works create a connection between the represented subject, the photographic representation of the object and the exhibited photograph itself. This relationship generates an aesthetic tension that takes possession of photography and sculpture to deepen the themes of his artistic research. Read more

Nicola Bertellotti/Taking a picture to reveal the beauty of our past

by Romina Ciulli e Carole Dazzi

C’era una volta in Toscana

What is photography if not the ability to tell reality, interpreting what appears before our eyes through countless experiential dimensions, transforming a subjective gaze into a unique vision, revealing a secret aspect that will continue to remain so emotional? This is what it feels when we approach the works of Nicola Bertellotti, a Tuscan artist, who has transposed this conceptual methodology of the photographic medium to the places explored during his travels. Read more

Silence is noisy in Savina Capecci’s paintings

by Romina Ciulli and Carole Dazzi

Imperfect like pure amber

Savina Capecci’s artistic universe is made up of bright and powerful colours, and tells stories related to contemporary society through an ironic, if not downright unreal, perspective. Indeed, in her work the protagonists seem to live a detached existence within an imaginary that always remains suspended between two dimensions: the experiential and the natural. Read more

Sharon Harris/The evocative fascination of pinhole photography

by Romina Ciulli & Carole Dazzi

Un-travelling #13

Sometimes a photograph taken with naturalness is enough to show the hidden side of reality or emotions, where the images, even if not very defined, appear incredibly sharp and engaging. This is what happens with the pinhole photography, one of the first techniques used in the photography, which doesn’t use lenses or objectives but, through a small pinhole, it generates images where gaze regains possession of a sensory tale that is extraordinary every time. The American photographer Sharon Harris uses this technique, and her photographs depict ethereal, sensual female figures, captured in surreal atmospheres and eccentric attitudes. Read more