Fine art photography - The CreativeMindClass Blog
Hand-made and custom made top hats, masks, butterflies, crowns, paintings as backdrops, methods to record details, inspired by old noir films of the 1930s and 40s. Many hours of preparations and deliberation go into every fine art photograph of the talented Italian photographer Giulia Valente.
We were curious to know from Giulia what her secret to creating her artful photography was. Here's her account.
"I have graduated from Padua University with degrees in music, art, and Theatre in 2006. I've always been captivated to art. One of the things that I enjoy about living in Italy is that art is everywhere, so it's easy to draw inspiration.
My style is called fine art photography. I can see a connection between photography and painting. In many ways photography can be described as painting's older cousin. Paintings, more than photos is my primary reference when I plan-shoot-retouch an upcoming project."
"Giovanni Gastel," the just passed away Italian photographer, once said that one must throw out 10000 good ideas before finding the best one. In my own way to follow this approach. Indeed, I've got an entire journal of thoughts sketches, notes and ideas that will likely to remain on paper forever.
The most important step when working on a new project is planning. Pre-production is vital to decide that define the concept, and then create drawings, and collect items/props... It's a very difficult and lengthy process because this kind of photography calls for a lot of concentration, even an obsession, by paying attention to the details those things that you may not immediately notice, but that will make a huge distinction."
What was the secret to making those caterpillar pictures?
"In the particular instance of The Caterpillar project, I tried to determine the characteristics which identify the character that make him identifiable: the color blue, the hookah that smokes and the wings when he changes into a butterfly, but in addition, the way he looks - somewhat conceited and arrogant. In the end, I wanted to connect the various elements together, combining them with the style and look of the picture I was thinking of.
On May 3, 2021 the exhibition featuring my chosen work was inaugurated in the Laboratorio Cardin(Padua, Italy). I'm very happy and grateful for this being my first exhibition."
The artist's other beautiful art photography, that are inspired by Italian and Flemish artworks of the The XV and XVI century, you can view them on Instagram and on her Website.
