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Giulia Casci | DIURNA

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DIURNA

Photographer  Giulia Casci @giuliacascii
Fashion Elisabetta Carchedi @elisabettacarchedi_
Makeup \ Hair Asia Mentil @asiamentil
Producer Palazzo Incubator @palazzo.studio
Model \ Agency Vittoria Gallione @vittoriagallione Fashion Art Wise @fashionartwise

Dress – Maison Luigi Borbone @maisonluigiborbone Chiara Bcn Jewelry @chiarabcn_official

Dress – Maison Luigi Borbone @maisonluigiborbone Chiara Bcn Jewelry @chiarabcn_official Dress – Maison Luigi Borbone @maisonluigiborbone

Dress – Maison Luigi Borbone, calzedonia, ovyé @maisonluigiborbone, @calzedonia, @ovyebycristinalucchi @teresalafosca_pr Chiara Bcn Jewelry @chiarabcn_official

Dress – Cristiano Burani @cristianoburani Chiara Bcn Jewelry @chiarabcn_official Dress – Migale Couture @migalecouture Chiara Bcn Jewelry @chiarabcn_official

Dress – Cristiano Burani @cristianoburani Chiara Bcn Jewelry @chiarabcn_official Dress – Migale Couture @migalecouture Chiara Bcn Jewelry @chiarabcn_official

Dress – Giulia Gagliardi, second eye vintage, calzedonia, ovyé @ HYPERLINK „https://www.instagram.com/_giulia_gagliardi__/“_giulia_gagliardi__, @second.eye.vintage, @calzedonia, @ovyebycristinalucchi @teresalafosca_pr

Dress – Second eye vintage, dolce amore intimo, calzedonia @second.eye.vintage, @dolceamoreintimo, @calzedonia Chiara Bcn Jewelry @chiarabcn_official

Dress – Giulia Gagliardi, second eye vintage, calzedonia, ovyé @ HYPERLINK „https://www.instagram.com/_giulia_gagliardi__/“_giulia_gagliardi__, @second.eye.vintage, @calzedonia, @ovyebycristinalucchi @teresalafosca_pr

Interview with fine art photographer Xinyu Gao

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Text by Irina Rusinovich 

Interview with photographer Xinyu Gao

Discover the creative world of visual artist, photographer, and researcher Xinyu Gao as she discusses her innovative approach to fine art photography and experimental image-making. Having garnered recognition in renowned international competitions, exhibitions and festivals, Xinyu shares her unique perspective and experience since graduating from University College London. Join us as we delve into her journey through the lens of artistry and research in the realm of contemporary photography.

How would you describe your overall artistic vision and what drives you to create?

From the sensitivity of senses and aesthetics, I am obsessed with visibility and invisibility, and the possibility beyond. The aesthetic and cultural diversity are my original pursuits throughout my creation.

Inspired by echoes from pictorialism in initial exploration, I constantly pricked from the perception of embodied senses, experience, emotion and memory. As I break the boundaries of categories and dive into fine art and conceptual photography, my work grows in observation, perception and reflection around critical issues. Recently, I have been thinking about the way of seeing in an era of attention and spectacle and keeping changing the point of view from viewfinders to conversations, from scenes to thingness, to any possibility.

Can you talk about any specific artists or photographers who have influenced your work?

It is quite difficult to mention a full list.

I admire pioneers including Eva Watson-Schütze, George H. Seeley, Jane Reece, and Claude Cahun, Sara Moon. Work by Paul Cupido, Constantin Schlachter, Alexander Tkachev, Laura Makabresku and Masao Yamamoto inspired me in a very early stage, especially in atmosphere, emotion and conceptual mind. Moreover, I am deeply attracted by diverse vitality from masterpieces by Alex Prager, Neil Krug, visual artist Stephen Mackey, and other masterpieces beyond the mentioned above.

I am so fortunate to encounter the pure aura of art in my journey. It is lucky to grow up as their audience.

How do you approach the process of creating your photographs, from conceptualization to execution?

From the beginning, instinct is everything, as the aura, the haze, even no consciousness and no method to learn. In most cases, inspiration comes at random moments.

Exposure to talents and masterpieces drives me to touch the world and gradually learn where I am. Based on observation and perception, I attempt to absorb multiple spirits from reading, and artwork without limitations. Meanwhile, the process of academic research at college in anthropology and media study influenced me to develop critical thoughts with a solid background.

My experience in ethnographic research takes me to fields to connect to the real world and the diverse cultural meanings behind it, which take me close to the earth instead of staying with structure. However, these are the only paths that build and support my mind in realistic aspects.

The most essential thing is, to keep the sensitivity, instinct and insight forever, and keep the initial hope and passion, no matter what kind of experiments of methodologies, reality and adventures.

The project „The Night We First Met“ focuses on underground ballroom culture. What drew you to this subject and what is the message you hope to convey through your photographs?

Influenced by my field experience rooted in anthropology spirit, diversity led me to queer communities, where individual representations are the most unique and sparking, in pure love and support from each other.

This project comes from the night when the most beautiful souls of humans and nonhumans meet each other in the first voguing ball open to the public in Beijing, embracing everyone and every difference, without judgment and limitations. The senses of materials in leather and feather, metal and skin reflected under the disco ball bring me to the imagination where subjective creativity grows from nonlinear time and broken spaces.

It is a remarkable honour to create a conceptual series with unseen stories in highlights, celebrating freedom and love as the never-ending light above us. Through these moments, I also hope to reflect on how images serve as anchors for archives and history, as well as the invisibility and appearance of images in the public domain.

The First Night We Met © Xinyu Gao

Your series „Beyond the Borders“ showcases scenes from different corners of the world. How do you capture the diversity and fusion in these images?

 How to make something different in both the aesthetic and conceptual aspects is always my study and thoughts around this cultivate my curating mind that is never satisfied with presentations that already exist. I started my adventure with traces recorded during my journey and found the magical connection and echoes between corners, where the possibility of fusion became visible. Initially, shapes and colours spread and overlap with each other, as images speak for themselves, in the spirit of celebration of diversity. I am touched to keep the image in the state of self-telling, my pursuit as always, and to present aesthetic perception and humanistic spirit.

Your project „EastCoastRide“ explores the perception of memory through images. How do you convey the emotional structures and aesthetic atmosphere of memory in your photographs?

It is a kind of instinct that I can’t help to immerse myself in the perception of embodied senses, experience, emotion and memory. The specific moments inspired me to create the abstract and universal representation, in a tension between every touch and the infinite distance out of imagination. In this way, I try to reflect the alienated texture of perception in contemporary contexts, especially influenced by time and space tension.

The series ‘EastCoastRide’ constructs the landscape based on the shading and shaping of memory. From the most familiar places in sensory perception rooted in daily experience, images reach the geographical and environmental atmosphere, with distant and intimate, obscure and detailed, alienated and mutual touch, to present the perception of memory in emotional structures and aesthetic atmosphere.

East Coast Ride © Xinyu Gao

Could you discuss the inspiration behind your series „Blue Lullabies“ and „Scenic Poem“? How do these projects explore the themes of childhood, emotions, and nature?

During that period, I was obsessed and influenced by pictorialism and willing to present the aesthetic scenes and lands in my mind. Observation and immersion of scenes and landscapes evoke my initial inspiration for stories in a way of visual painting, for pure aesthetics. The picturesque nature of Tokyo Garden and Kew Garden in London bring me to distant and surreal dreams.

In the project ‘Scenic Poem’, the silence of pine trees and rock, and the flowing of water drops present the metaphor of oriental philosophy, in the acceptance of transience and imperfection.

‘Blue Lullabies’ starts from the blurry atmosphere of girlish memory, the gaze and whispers behind the gauze, with shadows in the breeze floating on it. From the senses between visibility and invisibility, images take us back to the pure emotion and innocent touch of summertime memory.

What is your favorite project so far and why?

I think there could never be a clear answer to this. However, thanks to this question, I am encouraged to look back and think about the truth and the core spirit of my work.

For me, every project is my exploration in diverse stages. It is closer to the reception of my journey and traces of growth, from the inner self to the observations, and conversations inspired by our living and creating environment.

Blue Lullabies © Xinyu Gao

What are you woking on at the moment?

 I am currently developing my conception project ‘WindFall’ accumulated for years with a draft shaped during my study in London. I hope to present it in a photo book, also for the potential opportunity of exhibitions.

This project explores the ordinary secrets and secret ordinariness in stills of everyday life and the existence of pieces influenced by how the way of seeing changed in the era of attention and spectacle.

As the viewfinder turns from scenes to thingness, this series could be regarded as a fight against society gradually shaped by accelerationism. Escaping, retreating, seeking and hiding into the details of everyday life, by breaking the speed and concreteness, texture and image, the image seeks to immerse and resist the ever-increasing sense of temporal tension and information implosion through perception, in softness and sharpness.

I am confused about this alternative way between photography and collage, especially because of its unusual and surreal presentation. Enjoying the sharpness and softness on the same surface, it easily falls into to boringness of format. I wish I could keep experimenting and share it with you in the near future.

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Alain Egues | VIVID CHIC

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VIVID CHIC

Photographer Alain Egues @alainegues
Model  Clara Nehls @her.management
Make Up Sharbel Hasbany @sharbelhasbany
Hair Stylist Asier Aguiriano @asier_aguiriano @blossommanagement.gmbh
Stylist Natalia Mueller @nataliamueller_
Photo Assistants Maren Nordtorp @marennl Photo Assistant Natalia Ruiz @natruizga

Dress: Matsour`i

Shirt: 7Studios  Gloves:Agnelle

Dress: Aline Celi Bomber: Aline Celi Earrings: Perlensau

Blouse:  Vintage Earrings: Ofcao Harness: Perlensau Choker:  Perlensau

Top:  Leya  zu   Stolberg  Corset:Studio ID Bike Shorts: Moschino

In Focus | Özlem Sorlu Thompson

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In Focus Özlem Sorlu Thompson @ozlemsorluthompson

In Belsize Park, Özlem paints in the house where Piet Mondrian and Ben Nicholson both worked, just before the Second World War. Originally from Istanbul, Özlem loved to paint from an early age and was deeply influenced by the variety and depth of artistic creativity throughout the cultures of the Mediterranean region, from the ancient monuments of Ephesus to the colourful traditional woven handicrafts from the East of Turkey.

Moving to London in 2015 she began to refine her artistic style, while her background in Biology, Botany and passion for science provided a broad conceptual palette.  Always curious about and inspired by nature, Özlem focused on the joy of works featuring natural scenes and imaginary worlds.  She creates an idea, mixing it with her feelings and daily experience of life in which she is constantly exploring her love of classic cinema and literature, resulting in works with boundless vitality and joy.

Since 2018 Özlem has taken part in various exhibitions around the world, in New York, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK among many others and also appearing in print and online.  Her publication include in Capsules Book, ‘Leaders in Contemporary Art’, (Australia), The Art Folio Annual Art Book ‘World’s Most Exciting Artists’ (USA), House and Garden Magazine, and the ‘Covart’ Project in the Copelouzos Family Art Museum (Greece), 365artplus Magazine (Japan).

Recently German art historian&critic Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich wrote an article including her work in Art KunstMagazin. Her awards include ‘Best in Show’ in Texas, ‘Honourable Mention’ award in Tokyo and Precious magazine ‘Top Ten’ awards in Hong Kong.

In 2022 she participated as one of seven artists selected to create giant fibreglass eggs to celebrate the late Queen Elizabeth the Second’s Silver Jubilee by Elephant Family, a wildlife charity run by the Royal Family.

Özlem is constantly creating and sending her work to global collectors. Collectors include Anita Dobson&Brian May, Maria Friedman, Andy Nyman.

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Exhibitions

2023 Times Square Digital Showcase, HMVC ‘Vibrant Visions’, New York City

2023 Solo Exhibition, Hampstead School of Art, London

2023 Boomer Art Prize 20 Finalists Group Exhibition, Boomer Gallery, London

2023 HMVC Gallery New York, Vibrant Visions Online Group Show

2023 Secret Postcard Auction by Combat Stress, Bankside Gallery, London

2023 ‘Arts To Hearts’ Project, Emerging Woman Artist Award Virtual Exhibition

2023 Swiss Art Expo, Switzerland

2022 ‘Eggs of an Era’ by Elephant Family, 7 artists public show for The Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, Sloane Square, Chelsea, London

2022 Secret Postcard Auction by Combat Stress, Bankside Gallery, London

2022 Art on a Postcard, The Bomb Factory, London

2022 ‘To Me, To You’, The Artist’s Workspace Gallery, London

2022 London Coffee Festival, Coffee Art Project

2022 Virtual Artists Summer Art Festival, London

2021 Into the Cosmere, group show, London

2021 Swiss Art Expo, Switzerland

2021 Secret Postcard Auction by Combat Stress, Bonhams Auction House

2021 Keats House Museum, Hampstead Summer Art Fair, London

2021 Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Covart Project, Greece

2021 Virtual Artists Summer Art Festival, London

2020 Boomer Gallery, London; ‘Colour Boom’ Group Show

2020 Online Solo Show by Artists’ Circle Gallery, Texas, USA

2020 Madrid, ‘Summer Tracks’, Spain

2020 Frikifish Barcelona, ‘The Confinement Chronical’, Spain

2020 Talented Art Fair, London

2020 Florence Contemporary Gallery ‘Far But Close’ Group Show, Italy

2019 ‘The Night Collectors’, Group Exhibition, Bateman Street, London

2019 Red Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, London

2019 Creates Gallery, Emerging Artists Prize Group Exhibition, Wales

2018 Group Exhibition, Van Der Plas Gallery, Manhattan, NYC, ‘Call of Walls’

2018 Group Exhibition, Vagabond London, ‘Prints and Patterns’

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Frances Rou | COMPRIMIDAS

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COMPRIMIDAS

Creative Direction Gerard Angulo @gerardangulo and Sergio Valenzuela  @sergio.valenzuelach
Photographer Frances Rou @frances.rou
Grooming Iris Roxanne @irisroxanne_
Styling Vanessa López @vanecl.__
Model Markus Lamar @markus_lamar for Wanted Bang @wb.mgmt
Production Step On Fashion @steponfashion

Total Look, Dolce & Gabbana @dolcegabbana

left Total Look, High Life @highlife_mx Rings, Elisheva & Constance @elisheva.and.constance Ring (left hand, index finger), Uno de 50 @unode50 right Total Look, Fendi @fendi

Left Total Look, Gucci @gucci Chair, Taller Batán @tallerbatan Right Total Look, BOSS @boss

Left  Pants, Carlos Pineda @carlospinedamx  Jewelry, Uno de 50 @unode50 Right Total Look, Alfredo Martínez @alfredomartinez_brand  Necklaces (Top to Bottom), Elisheva & Constance @elisheva.and.constance and Uno de 50 @unode50  Boots, Fendi @fendi

Left Total Look, Dolce & Gabbana @dolcegabbana Right Total Look, BOSS @boss

Basile Crespin | SILENT BLUE

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SILENT BLUE

Photographer Basile Crespin @basilecrespin_
Stylist Marie Revelut @therealmarie_revelut
Makeup artist & Hair Rafael Pita @rafaelpitamua
Model  Affy Talo from Silent Agency in Paris.
Agency : Silentmodels IG :silent_paris/ Website : https://www.silentmodels.com/

 

Emmanuel Ungaro emanuelungaroparis/ Website : https://www.ungaro.com/fr/ Esther Bancel IG : esther_bancel/ website : https://www.estherbancel.com/ Ambasitalie IG : ambasitaly/ website : https://www.ambas.it/ Morfium IG : morfiumfashion/ Louboutin louboutinworld/ webiste : https://eu.christianlouboutin.com/Noémie devime IG : noemiedevime.paris/ webiste : https://www.noemiedevime.com/ Falk : falke lm lulu : IG lmlulu.official website : https://www.lmlulu.net/

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Emmanuel Ungaro emanuelungaroparis/ Website : https://www.ungaro.com/fr/ Esther Bencel IG : esther_bancel/ website : https://www.estherbancel.com/ Ambasitalie IG : ambasitaly/ website : https://www.ambas.it/ Morfium IG : morfiumfashion/ Louboutin louboutinworld/ webiste : https://eu.christianlouboutin.com/Noémie devime IG : noemiedevime.paris/ webiste : https://www.noemiedevime.com/ Falk : falke lm lulu : IG lmlulu.official website : https://www.lmlulu.net/ Bombers Original @bombers_original

Emmanuel Ungaro emanuelungaroparis/ Website : https://www.ungaro.com/fr/ Esther Bancel IG : esther_bancel/ website : https://www.estherbancel.com/ Ambasitalie IG : ambasitaly/ website : https://www.ambas.it/ Morfium IG : morfiumfashion/ Louboutin louboutinworld/ webiste : https://eu.christianlouboutin.com/Noémie devime IG : noemiedevime.paris/ webiste : https://www.noemiedevime.com/ Falk : falke lm lulu : IG lmlulu.official website : https://www.lmlulu.net/

Emmanuel Ungaro emanuelungaroparis/ Website : https://www.ungaro.com/fr/ Esther Bancel IG : esther_bancel/ website : https://www.estherbancel.com/ Ambasitalie IG : ambasitaly/ website : https://www.ambas.it/ Morfium IG : morfiumfashion/ Louboutin louboutinworld/ webiste : https://eu.christianlouboutin.com/Noémie devime IG : noemiedevime.paris/ webiste : https://www.noemiedevime.com/ Falk : falke lm lulu : IG lmlulu.official website : https://www.lmlulu.net/

Emmanuel Ungaro emanuelungaroparis/ Website : https://www.ungaro.com/fr/ EstherBancel IG : esther_bancel/ website : https://www.estherbancel.com/ Ambasitalie IG : ambasitaly/ website : https://www.ambas.it/ Morfium IG : morfiumfashion/ Louboutin louboutinworld/ webiste : https://eu.christianlouboutin.com/Noémie devime IG : noemiedevime.paris/ webiste : https://www.noemiedevime.com/ Falk : falke lm lulu : IG lmlulu.official website : https://www.lmlulu.net/ Bombers Original @bombers_original

In Focus | Ronja Chlebowski

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Photos by Cicci_photo

In Focus | Ronja Chlebowski

“Energy is everywhere. I see it. I feel it.I transform it. I transform energy into art. “

Ronja Chlebowski is a German artist. She lives and works in Berlin.

She comes from a family of art teachers and her art education started really early.

She studied art and art education in her Bachelor and Gender Studies with a focus on Sociology in her Master. After afew years as a diversity manager in one of the biggest companies in Germany she followed her dream to workfulltime as an artist.

Today she is known for her abstract artworks. She likes to combine several materials, such as high pigments, spray paint, oil markers or sandpaste. For her paintings, she uses raw cotton and her canvases are handmade.

She finds inspiration in everything that owns energy. She combines her art with spiritual elements and is influenced a lot by her daily yoga practice.

Ronja Chlebowski

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Gal Bomandil | LE VENT DE PARIS

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LE VENT DE PARIS

Photographer: Gal Bomandil @galbomandil1
Hair, makeup & styling:Fedor Vish @fedorhair.makeup
Model: Jenny Shane @jenny_shane

vintage clothes and jewelry from Loni Vintage Boutique @lonivintage: Green dress Christian Dior; Red dress Weinberg Paris; Yellow dress Pierre Balmain; Yellow jacket Chanel; Brown suit Gianfranco Ferre; Grey jacket Versace; Green jacket Gina; Grey shorts Levi’s; Shoes Stuart Weitzman.

 

vintage clothes and jewelry from Loni Vintage Boutique @lonivintage: Green dress Christian Dior; Red dress Weinberg Paris; Yellow dress Pierre Balmain; Yellow jacket Chanel; Brown suit Gianfranco Ferre; Grey jacket Versace; Green jacket Gina; Grey shorts Levi’s; Shoes Stuart Weitzman.

vintage clothes and jewelry from Loni Vintage Boutique @lonivintage: Green dress Christian Dior; Red dress Weinberg Paris; Yellow dress Pierre Balmain; Yellow jacket Chanel; Brown suit Gianfranco Ferre; Grey jacket Versace; Green jacket Gina; Grey shorts Levi’s; Shoes Stuart Weitzman.

vintage clothes and jewelry from Loni Vintage Boutique @lonivintage: Green dress Christian Dior; Red dress Weinberg Paris; Yellow dress Pierre Balmain; Yellow jacket Chanel; Brown suit Gianfranco Ferre; Grey jacket Versace; Green jacket Gina; Grey shorts Levi’s; Shoes Stuart Weitzman.

vintage clothes and jewelry from Loni Vintage Boutique @lonivintage: Green dress Christian Dior; Red dress Weinberg Paris; Yellow dress Pierre Balmain; Yellow jacket Chanel; Brown suit Gianfranco Ferre; Grey jacket Versace; Green jacket Gina; Grey shorts Levi’s; Shoes Stuart Weitzman.