In the study of history of photography it’s easy to see how light is fundamental, in fact photographers of every ages have been able to create atmospheres, communicate sensations and show the movement of surfaces through more or less intense contrasts of lights and shadows.
Even in the observation of reality we realize that even most common objects get particular visual aspects thanks to light. I studied the theory of shadows, application of descriptive geometry that deals with effects produced by light on an opaque body, giving its scientific explanation (the theory of shadows recalls the theory of oblique projections, given by G. Mone). To make these still lifes I always took pictures in the morning, and only if there was the sun, which I chose as bright source, that projected shadows on a definite support plan. These pictures are a middle way between a strict geometrical synthesis and an imaginative compositional study. These pictures are a middle way between a strict geometrical synthesis and an imaginative compositional study. The shapes crossed by the lights seem to vibrate and become evanescent. For the choice of objects of my compositions I privileged contemporary and linear ones. The potentiality of ambient light let me accentuate contrasts and make all the drama emerge from shadows. The most difficult thing to face was the speed of execution because of the sun, because it rotates rapidly, changing the conditions of light. We know well that we need time enough to focus every single detail of composition and light to make a good still life. Besides, I was conditioned by weather: if sun was covered, I could not work…
About Stefania Piccioni
Stefania Piccioni was born in Ascoli Piceno, Italia, November 9, 1970, who is the photographer daughter of a photographer father, She Graduate Diploma Photography in 1989 . Photography has been always Stefania’s passion. She had to earn a living from a young age, delaying an early development of this passion. In 2009, she finally jumped into the art of digital photography. Her shots captures the world as she feel it or imagine it. Her images are captured both in black and white and color creating timeless portrayals of her imagination and desires. She had several group exhibitions In Italy: In 2014 she parteciped in the Thirth Biennale of Salento, Lecce. She won the thirth prize for Best photography in b/w ” Mille Modi Di essere Donna” Dream Factory Gallery, Milan 2014. She was selected in 2015 and 2016 editions of the Art Collective “In Contemporary Porcari 2016” – Special Mention sect. Photography 2016 -Porcari (LU) -) -2018 she exhibit in the city of photography, Senigallia, the Della Rovere fortress hosts a photographic exhibition dedicated to the annual acquisitions of the Archive, which since 2015 is located at the Musinf (Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Information and Photography of Senigallia. The exhibition, organized by Prof. Giorgio Bonomi, offers a vast overview of the photographic self-portraits of Italian and foreign artists. Her self-portraits are part of the photographic archive Musinf- Senigallia (An), the same are published in the art book on self-portrait by Giorgio Bonomi, edited Rubettino – 2020 Selected on Lagazuoi photo award. Her photographs are part of collections private, are published on Vanity fair, L’oleil de la photographie, Photovogue, Dodho magazine, best selected, Frizzi frizzi, iconic magazine, FP magazine, Grant, Lenscratch, conceptual nominee on international photography, the appwisperer.
