Honorable Mention
Van Gogh's Yellow
DESCRIPTION
Van Gogh's Yellow is part of the series Acque Turbolente (Turbulent Waters), which focuses on a subject almost completely unexplored by abstract photography: the fascinating, magnetic and chaotic forms of water in mountain torrents, generated by swirling motions, jumps, obstacles, changes in gradient and narrowing.Mountain torrents are the perfect representation of turbulence in its etymological meaning, from the Latin Tùrba – disorder, confusion and from the ending ulèntus – in abundance.
The series graphically synthesises the power, energy and purity of the forms assumed by turbulent water as a plastic manifestation of the chaotic and complex forces and motions that acted to form them, crystallising them with the snapshot.
At the same time, it captures the wonder of the effects of light and shadow that enhance every tiny turbulence, declining the reflected colours into infinite shades with a refined and powerful effect of chromatic and optical-perceptual variability.
These are unrepeatable images that capture in the instant of the shot the myriad forms, textures and suggestions of a hypnotic charm charged with intensity and emotional empathy.
AUTHOR
I was born in Tarvisio, a small town on the Italian side of the Alps, on the border with Austria and Slovenia. I graduated in architecture in Venice and, during my studies, I attended the photography course of Italo Zannier, one of the best-known Italian photographers and historians of photography, and that is when I developed my interest in abstract nature photography.For many years I have explored the natural environment of the area where I live in search of the beauty of natural forms, their aesthetic and artistic qualities. This persistent work on the shapes of natural elements in recent years has resulted in a series of abstract naturalistic photographs, which I only recently decided to exhibit.
