Fine art photography The CreativeMindClass Blog
Custom-designed and frequently hand-crafted top hats, masks, crowns, butterfly wings and paintings for backdrops. macro techniques to capture particulars, influenced by the old noir films of the 1930s and 40s. Many hours of preparations and deliberation go into every high-quality photograph taken by the gifted Italian artist Giulia Valente.
We have asked Giulia what her secret to creating her artful photography. Here's her account.
"I have graduated from Padua University with degrees in Art, Music, and Theatre in 2006. I've always been fascinated to art. One of the things that I love most about being in Italy is that art is everywhere, making it easy to find inspiration.
My style could be called fine art photography: I am able to see the continuity between photography and painting. In some ways, photography is painting's younger cousin. Paintings, more than photos can be my most important reference when I plan-shoot-retouch an upcoming project."
"Giovanni Gastel, the recent deceased Italian photographer, once told me that you have to trash 10,000 good ideas prior to finding the best one. I try, in my own little way, to implement this method. Indeed, I've got many ideas in my journal sketches, notes and thoughts that are bound to be kept on paper for the rest of my life.
The most important step when creating a new idea is planning. It is crucial to take decisions that define the idea, then make drawings, collect objects/props... This can be an extremely difficult and lengthy process because this kind of photography requires a lot of attention or even an obsession with the fine details, little things that aren't easy to notice, but that will make a huge distinction."
What was the secret in making the caterpillar photos?
"In the particular case in this Caterpillar Project, I tried to identify the elements that distinguish the person, which make him easily identifiable. These include the blue color and the hookah smokes, his wings when he changes into a butterfly. But also the attitude - somewhat conceited and arrogant. In the end, I wanted to connect the various elements in a cohesive manner, and combine them with the style and design I imagined.
On May 3, 2021 an exhibit of some of my work was inaugurated in the Laboratorio Cardin(Padua, Italy). It is a great feeling and grateful because this is my first exhibition."
A selection of her fine art photographs, inspired by Italian and Flemish paintings of both the XV and XVI centuries are available the images on Instagram and her website..
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