Fine Art: Nudes (PROFESSIONAL) - HONORABLE MENTION
La Isla/Mitos Submarinos () The Island/Submarine Myths

Photo © Marco Ferraris
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The image of the contest is part of my project Submarine Myths, second part of the project La Isla (The Island) started in 2010 and will be in progress probably until 2018.
The natural evolution of this self-financed project has brought to its division into five parts and themes: El Origen (The Origin), Mitos Submarinos (Submarine Myths), El Vinculo (The Bond), El Circulo (The Circle), El Hijo (The Son) of which the first two are about to be published, the next two are in progress and the last is still at an embryonic state.
It expands from Photography to Video art showing a way of relating to nature that has been lost in our civilization.
By showing bodies in their nudity humans are undressed of the veils of modern society connecting with the original state of being, bringing freedom through the acceptance of the body in all its real splendor and escaping fear that prevails in our society.
The island is a symbolic microcosm that contains the whole world.
Models and performers for photographs and film amount to eighty two for now, coming from eighteen different countries and are all connected to the same island, Ibiza.
They were asked to get in touch with their real self through their own personal expressions of the body according to their abilities and knowledge and also recreating direct or indirect references from cinema, painting, literature and dance.
The end of the experimental Video Art called “La Isla” is also shot underwater capturing the performance of humans living the original connection with water.
The video can be seen by clicking the link below putting the password “laisla”
https://vimeo.com/145847313
In 2007, the series called Passages of Time becomes in Turin his first solo exhibition curated by Valeria De Simoni.
In 2008 he is selected by Luca Beatrice in order to appear in the review Art among young artists from Liguria.
In April of that year he exhibited for Fettucciari Art and in May is selected by Fabrizio Boggiano for Biennale of Photography in Alexandria.
In 2009 he exhibited in photosynthesis in Piacenza and is among the finalists for the prize of the Galleria San Fedele in Milan.
In 2010 he is selected to partecipate in the descubrimientos of Photo Espana and for Campus PHE Edicion de libros.
Specializes in professional lighting to EFTI in Madrid
In 2011 the series End of Reality, is selected for Italian Emerging Photography by Laura Serani and projected in France, Turkey and Italy.
In the same year he directed his first shortfilm Zapatos Rojos and founded the production group Sustancias Activas.
In his latest project “La Isla” (2010-2013), where the island is an archetypal site and a place in which man is free to give life to new utopias of regeneration, he has combined photography and video at the same time counting with the participation of more than 70 performers.
He completes his formation participating in workshops with: Patrizia Savarese, Ferdinando Scianna, Francesco Jodice, Francesco Zizola, Stefano De Luigi, Angelo Turetta, Micael Ackerman, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Ander Petersen.
Currently lives and works between Genoa, Madrid and Ibiza.
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The image of the contest is part of my project Submarine Myths, second part of the project La Isla (The Island) started in 2010 and will be in progress probably until 2018.
The natural evolution of this self-financed project has brought to its division into five parts and themes: El Origen (The Origin), Mitos Submarinos (Submarine Myths), El Vinculo (The Bond), El Circulo (The Circle), El Hijo (The Son) of which the first two are about to be published, the next two are in progress and the last is still at an embryonic state.
It expands from Photography to Video art showing a way of relating to nature that has been lost in our civilization.
By showing bodies in their nudity humans are undressed of the veils of modern society connecting with the original state of being, bringing freedom through the acceptance of the body in all its real splendor and escaping fear that prevails in our society.
The island is a symbolic microcosm that contains the whole world.
Models and performers for photographs and film amount to eighty two for now, coming from eighteen different countries and are all connected to the same island, Ibiza.
They were asked to get in touch with their real self through their own personal expressions of the body according to their abilities and knowledge and also recreating direct or indirect references from cinema, painting, literature and dance.
The end of the experimental Video Art called “La Isla” is also shot underwater capturing the performance of humans living the original connection with water.
The video can be seen by clicking the link below putting the password “laisla”
https://vimeo.com/145847313
About author:
Born 1978, Italy. Visual artist with deep interest in documentary projects, he has always practiced photography as a passion and as a pursuit of knowledge. After graduating in psychology in 2005 with a thesis on visual perception, begins his professional work in the reportage and portraits.In 2007, the series called Passages of Time becomes in Turin his first solo exhibition curated by Valeria De Simoni.
In 2008 he is selected by Luca Beatrice in order to appear in the review Art among young artists from Liguria.
In April of that year he exhibited for Fettucciari Art and in May is selected by Fabrizio Boggiano for Biennale of Photography in Alexandria.
In 2009 he exhibited in photosynthesis in Piacenza and is among the finalists for the prize of the Galleria San Fedele in Milan.
In 2010 he is selected to partecipate in the descubrimientos of Photo Espana and for Campus PHE Edicion de libros.
Specializes in professional lighting to EFTI in Madrid
In 2011 the series End of Reality, is selected for Italian Emerging Photography by Laura Serani and projected in France, Turkey and Italy.
In the same year he directed his first shortfilm Zapatos Rojos and founded the production group Sustancias Activas.
In his latest project “La Isla” (2010-2013), where the island is an archetypal site and a place in which man is free to give life to new utopias of regeneration, he has combined photography and video at the same time counting with the participation of more than 70 performers.
He completes his formation participating in workshops with: Patrizia Savarese, Ferdinando Scianna, Francesco Jodice, Francesco Zizola, Stefano De Luigi, Angelo Turetta, Micael Ackerman, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Ander Petersen.
Currently lives and works between Genoa, Madrid and Ibiza.
BACK TO GALLERY