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Custom and often hand-made top hats and masks, butterflies, crowns and paintings for backdrops. macro techniques to capture particulars, influenced by the old noir movies from the 30s and 40s. A lot of time and patience goes into every high-quality photograph taken by the gifted Italian photographer Giulia Valente.
We were curious to know from Giulia what her secret to producing her high-quality photography was. Here is her story.
"I graduated from Padua University with degrees in music, art as well as Theatre in 2006. I've always been captivated to art. One aspect I love about living in Italy is that art is everywhere. It's simple to get inspired.
My style is described as fine art photography: I see continuity between painting and photography. In many ways photography is like painting's younger sister. Photos, in addition to paintings, are my main reference when I plan-shoot-retouch the next project."
"Giovanni Gastel," the recent deceased Italian photographer once stated that it is necessary to throw away 10 000 good ideas before getting the right one. I attempt, in my own little way, to follow this approach. Indeed, I've got an entire journal of thoughts, sketches, notes, and inspirations that are likely to stay on my paper for all time.
The most important step when making a decision on a project is planning. It is essential to make decisions that define the concept, and then create drawings, and collect items/props... It can be a stressful and time-consuming stage because photography of this type requires a lot of attention, even an obsession, by paying attention to the details those things that you may not immediately take notice of, but which can make all the distinction."
What was the key to making your caterpillar photographs?
"In the situation that I was working on for this Caterpillar Project, I tried to determine the characteristics which identify the character that make him identifiable: the color blue, the hookah that smokes, his wings when he turns into a butterfly, but in addition, the way he looks - a bit conceited and vain. Then I tried to put the various elements togetherand re-create the overall style of the image I imagined.
In May of 2021, an exhibit of some of my artworks was opened at the Laboratorio Cardin(Padua, Italy). I'm very happy and grateful as this is my first time exhibiting."
A selection of her exquisite art photos, which are inspired by Italian and Flemish artworks of the XV and XVI centuries, you can view on her Instagram and on her Website.
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