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project An aesthetic imaginary, a personal definition of beauty. Sensuality and femininity as concepts explode from the inside through small thin strips of body highlighting details A personal vision of body in all the details reworked through an ephemeral sensuality but at the same time giving it almost a masculine power. Elbows, knees, shoulders, ankles, hips occur due to a modeling construction that comes from the combination of two opposite inspirations: fencing, to give strength covering completely the body; and gymnastic which shows all the highlights like nervous tension, precision, the delicate and quiet perfection of movements.
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Defence Beauty.
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Beauty is a form of genius.
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“People ask me what the definition of perfection, I said it’s none, there is no definition of perfection. It’s a ladder that you climb in life, and I got there first.” -Nadia Comaneci- winner of three Olympic gold medals, first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event.
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the tension of a trained body a strained muscle the lightness of a jump the color of the skin project
a naked body the power of a leg the nerve of a hand.
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fencing (n.)
mid-15c., "defending, act of protecting or keeping (something) in proper condition" (short for defencing); Contemporary fencing is the word used for the modern state of the western art of combat with the small sword, it is also called olympic fencing. Competitive fencing is one of five activities which have been featured in every one of the modern Olympic Games, the other four being Athletics, Cycling, Swimming, and Gymnastics.
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How can you protect your body?
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moodboards and research Holly Buechel - screenshot of Speed of Fencing
Clara Cullen screenshot of Define Beauty
Hannes Caspar
Lena C. Emery for thisispapermagazine.com
Hillary Spera, director of photography for Galen Summer, director/editor of New York City Ballet “Point Shoes” video
Mattias Rudh TH VATTENFALL FENCING
Kate RobertsonMustard
Wolfgang Tillmans
making of Luca Palmer
Margherita Luison
Filippo Dalla Tor
Caterina De Zottis
shooting photography: Sara Ceradini Edoardo Boato
hair style and makeup: Alberto Panozzo
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models: Claudia Boato Jennicka Jay Francesca Vedovato
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