What are NFTs? An acronym for Non Fungible Tolken, they are digital authenticity certificates derived from the blockchain. Blockchain technology is a subject that has been much discussed in recent years. It is a blockchain (hence the name, blockchain), thanks to which the presence of notaries, banks and financial institutions can be dispensed with during […]
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Numerous photographers of the twentieth century have been confronted with the events that took place during the century: their camera has filtered, reproduced and painted the rise and fall of great societies, reproduced the irreversible changes of the modern and contemporary world. While the photographic eye has immortalized historical events in a spontaneous and natural
Photography as a Modern Fairytale: Jason Eskenazi’s Black and White. Leggi tutto »
Black and white photography was born in 1790, the year in which the first photographic print was made, that is, the first impression of an image on paper. This kind of photography was born as a lack of technique: at the dawn of photography, in fact, it was not possible to reproduce color photos. With
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For years forgotten by both the photography and fashion worlds, Louise Dahl-Wolfe is what was most revolutionary about the 1920s and 1930s. Determined, modern, independent and creative, with her extremely avant-garde art, she influenced the work of colleagues such as Richard Avedon and Irving Penn and managed to revolutionize the rules of fashion photography, bringing
Revolution and Style in the Fashion Photography of Louise Dahl-Wolfe. Leggi tutto »
In 2019 the genius of fashion photography in the 20th century, Peter Lindbergh, passed away and the city of Turin decided to honour him with an exhibition dedicated to him in the context of the New Paratissima chaired by Laura Milani. The photograper’s life He was born in 1944, in Poland, of German nationality. His
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In the photographs of Guy Bourdin, one of the fathers of contemporary fashion photography, there is always something enigmatic, as if they revealed the mystery that characterizes this author. His shots are unique, the result of a complex mind and a personal history steeped in pain. Born in Paris on December 2, 1928, he was
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Among all the genres with which photography mixes with other arts, fashion photography is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing. Combining the inventiveness of the photographer with the creativity of figures such as the make-up artist, hair stylist, fashion designer and stylist, the aim of the fashion shoot is to communicate a precise atmosphere through
Fashion Photography: Communicating Through Images. Leggi tutto »
If we talk about fashion photography, our memory immediately brings us back to the glossy images of magazines, with their bright colors and sinuous figures of men and women we admire. Fashion photography, however, sees its birth in very distant times, with the aim, since then, to arouse in the reader a desire for imitation.
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Mario Testino is considered one of the greatest fashion photographers.He was born in 1954 in Lima, Peru, from an Irish mother and an Italian father. At the age of 22 he moved to London to begin his career in photography.The beginning is not easy for anyone, not even for him who lived in a modest
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The Covid-19 pandemic, which in March 2020 forced many businesses to close down, has not spared the fashion industry; the fashion shows of the world’s most famous brands as well as the photo shoots of many fashion magazines have taken a heavy blow. However, there have been some attempts to cope with the impossibility of
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