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Denis Curti Antonio Mancinelli

Gianluca Fontana (bilingual edition)

Private Sitting

Denis Curti,  Antonio Mancinelli

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English
Skira
20 January 2021
Photographs: portraits
Celebrities

au naturel , without makeup and hairstyling, in the photographer's portraits.

Private Sitting is a project Gianluca Fontana undertook in order to break beyond a limit, to try to cross the line between the person and the persona and to investigate that boundary through the lens of the emotions - the little gaps, moments of uncertainty, introspection or liberating joy.

Each shot is the sum of deliberate sacrifices: no make-up artist or hair stylist, no costumes, a minimum of light, neutral backgrounds and no other person on the set.

Gianluca Fontana has been able to create an intimate space and repay the sense of challenge inherent in this project, while his subjects have been able to seize the opportunity to join a gallery of portraits that absorbs and recapitulates the most significant artistic expressions of contemporary photography.

Begun five years ago, the project has involved fifteen women (Alessandra Mastronardi, Ambra Angiolini, Anita Caprioli, Carolina Crescentini, Cristiana Capotondi, Giulia Elettra Gorietti, Isabella Ferrari, Kasia Smutniak, Margareth Made, Marta Gastini, Matilde Gioli, Miriam Dalmazio, Tea Falco, Valeria Bilello and Vittoria Puccini), who certainly know the

aesthetic tricks

of an increasingly sophisticated form of photography. In this case, however, they have allowed themselves to be photographed with no

special effects .
By:   ,
Imprint:   Skira
Country of Publication:   Italy
Dimensions:   Height: 300mm,  Width: 240mm, 
Weight:   1.300kg
ISBN:   9788857242422
ISBN 10:   8857242420
Pages:   192
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Photographer and director, Gianluca Fontana is based in London. Originally from Italy, he graduated in architecture before turning to photography, having developed in that time a sense of composition and balance which remain key in his work. Today his sophisticated approach produces images of intimacy and sensuality, which are enriched with both a sense of truth and immediacy. His photography has appeared in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, L'express styles, Air France Madame, Wallpaper, amongst others. Clients include Cartier, Fendi, Givenchy, Prada, la Perla, l'Oreal, Max Mara, Moschino, Net-a-porter-Yoox group

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