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Location: Vancouver, BC Canada Photography field: Editorial Awards: 2012 First prize - TeraBella Media News “Wonders of Water Part II” 2011 Finalist - Premio Celeste 2011 Finalist - Showdown Saatchi Gallery 2010 First prize - MostraMi 2009 Second prize - Ichnusa Recent exhibitions: • 2011 - Discorsi Visivi - Benevento (ITA) Catalogue • 2011 - It Takes More - Getty Images Gallery - London (UK) Catalogue • 2011 - F For Fake - San Leucio - Caserta (ITA) - Catalogue • 2011 - Mostra-Mi 2 - FONDERIA NAPOLEONICA EUGENIA - Milan (ITA) Catalogue • 2010 - MostraMi, Palazzo Giureconsulti - Milan (ITA) • 2010 - VENDUTO, Quartiere Ortica - Milan (ITA) • 2010 - U.S.A. Consulate General - Forma - Milan (ITA) Contacts: www.luca-p.com pierro.luca[at]gmail.com
PROJECTS 100 SELF PORTRAITS HANDS NEW BORN PORTRAITS BEHIND THE CANVAS TRAVELS AND NATURE
100 SELF PORTRAITS The works of Luca Pierro express a micro and macro cosmos, where the figure of the artist, who is also the one who photographs, forcefully enters the scene. The protagonist of the portraits is the same photographer. There are shots in his intent to escape the “already seen “to” already done “. He explores new and unspoiled paths, from the point of origin of man himself, with the use of natural elements such as:
flour, land, water, clay and so on. All elements that lead back to “Mother Earth”. For the artist is important the traceability of the material used to leave on the surfaces portrayed. The body becomes the vehicle of expression. The artist undermines the concept of traditional portrait (beautiful) to introduce viewers to new dynamics.
100 SELF PORTRAITS
​​"Rather visual
than relying too heavily on the
manipulation
techniques
through postproduction editing,
acquired
Pierro
in-
corporates natural materials like flour, milk, and water on set, within the frame of the shoot.​
Pierro's
intentions with these
series of images, as he explained to us in the past, are to link man with mother nature.
The
photographer himself serves as the repre-
sentation of man with all of his facial expressions, visible emotions, and composition and the elements represent the earth from which they came.
Even
if some of the
materials are man-made, they reflect man's interaction with nature." mymodernmet.com
“The first time I saw Luca Pierro’s photos I found they were at least 70% photoshoped, but they were not. This photographer try to reach the effects, textures and lights with the less manipulation as possible, so he uses a lot of materials like fluor, milk, water and other. The results are pretty magnific, I must admit they speak by themselves.” Abduzeedo.com
100 SELF PORTRAITS
PRESS
100 SELF PORTRAITS
EXHIBITION
CAGLIARI Credit photo: Corriere della Sera
Credit photo: CosmoArt/Ozzella
Credit photos: Roberta Molin Corvo
LONDON
MILAN Credit photo: CosmoArt/Ozzella
NAPLES
100 SELF PORTRAITS
PUBLICATIONS
Credit photo: Martina Belardinelli
Credit photo: Dario La Tora
Milan
Rome
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HANDS
Speaking with our hands is something most of us do without even thinking – it just happens! Hand gestures can mean so many different things to different people in different situations. Think about a simple wave of the hand – what could that mean? Of course, the meaning differs depending on the speech which accompanies it, body language and facial expressions and also, importantly, the cultural, social, geographical and historical context of the gesture. (www.rammuseum.org.uk/)
HANDS
PUBLICATIONS
NEW BORN
NEW BORN Scream in the night Kick and skrike Like a newborn Holding me shaking Awake in the dark All of these promises Kept and unbroken Tracing the scars Tracing the scars Even and cold As we both become older. Your arms bound about me The hush in your voice. The warmth of your fingers Entwined around mine In the eve of our lives Never a choice.
Elbow, Newborn, Asleep in the Back, 2001
NEW BORN
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS BEHIND THE CANVAS
TRAVELS & NATURE
DOLOMITES (ITALY)
CANYON SU GORROPPU (ITALY)
WAY OF ST. JAMES (FRANCE - SPAIN)
IMAGES FROM CANADA U.S.A. INDIA ITALY ICELAND NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND GERMANY FRANCE SPAIN PORTUGAL ENGLAND IRELAND
MONT BLANC (ITALY - FRANCE)
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