LUCA P IERRO P O R T F O L I O

Location:Vancouver, BC Canada Photography field:Editorial Awards:2012 First prize - TeraBella Media News “Wonders of Water Part II”2011 Finalist - Premio Celeste2011 Finalist - Showdown Saatchi Gallery2010 First prize - MostraMi2009 Second prize - Ichnusa

Recent exhibitions:• 2011 - Discorsi Visivi - Benevento (ITA) Catalogue• 2011 - It Takes More - Getty Images Gallery - London (UK) Catalogue• 2011 - F For Fake - San Leucio - Caserta (ITA) - Cat-alogue• 2011 - Mostra-Mi 2 - FONDERIA NAPOLEONICA EU-GENIA - Milan (ITA) Catalogue• 2010 - MostraMi, Palazzo Giureconsulti - Milan (ITA)• 2010 - VENDUTO, Quartiere Ortica - Milan (ITA)• 2010 - U.S.A. Consulate General - Forma - Milan (ITA)

Contacts:www.luca-p.compierro.luca[at]gmail.com

PROJECTS

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HANDS

NEW BORN

PORTRAITS BEHIND THE CANVAS

TRAVELS AND NATURE

The works of Luca Pierro express a micro and macro cosmos, where the figure of the artist, who is also the one who photographs, force-fully enters the scene. The protagonist of the portraits is the same photographer. There are shots in his intent to escape the “already seen “to” already done “. He explores new and un-spoiled paths, from the point of origin of man himself, with the use of natural elements such as:

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flour, land, water, clay and so on. All elements that lead back to “Mother Earth”. For the art-ist is important the traceability of the material used to leave on the surfaces portrayed.The body becomes the vehicle of expression. The artist undermines the concept of tradition-al portrait (beautiful) to introduce viewers to new dynamics.

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"RatheR than Relying too heavily on the

visual manipulation techniques acquiRed

thRough postpRoduction editing, pieRRo in-

coRpoRates

natuRal mateRials like flouR, milk, and wateR

on set, within the fRame of the shoot.

pieRRo's intentions with these

seRies of images, as he explained to us in the

past, aRe to link man with

motheR natuRe.

the photogRapheR himself seRves as the RepRe-

sentation of man with all of his facial

expRessions, visible emotions, and composi-

tion and the elements

RepResent the eaRth fRom which they came.

even if some of the

mateRials aRe man-made, they

Reflect man's inteRaction with

natuRe."

mymodernmet.com

“The first time I saw Luca Pierro’s photos I found they were at least 70% photoshoped, but they were not. This photographer try to reach the effects, textures and lights with the less manipulation as possible, so he uses a lot of materials like fluor, milk, water and other. The results are

pretty magnific, I must admit they speak by themselves.”Abduzeedo.com

PRESS

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EXHIBITION

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Credit photo: Corriere della Sera Credit photo: CosmoArt/Ozzella

MILAN

Credit photos: Roberta Molin Corvo

CAGLIARI

LONDON NAPLES

Credit photo: CosmoArt/Ozzella

PUBLICATIONS

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Milan

Credit photo: Martina Belardinelli

Rome

Credit photo: Dario La Tora

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HANDSSpeaking with our hands is something most of us do without even thinking – it just happens!Hand gestures can mean so many different things to different people in different situations.Think about a simple wave of the hand – what could that mean? Of course, the meaning differs depending on the speech which accompanies it, body language and facial expressions and also, importantly, the cultural, social, geograph-ical and historical context of the gesture.

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HANDS

PUBLICATIONS

NEW BORN

Scream in the nightKick and skrikeLike a newbornHolding me shakingAwake in the darkAll of these promisesKept and unbrokenTracing the scarsTracing the scarsEven and coldAs we both become older.Your arms bound about meThe hush in your voice.The warmth of your fingersEntwined around mineIn the eve of our livesNever a choice.

Elbow, Newborn, Asleep in the Back, 2001

NEW BORN

NEW BORN

PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS

BEHIND THE CANVAS

DOLOMITES (ITALY)

TRAVELS &NATURE

CANYON SU GORROPPU (ITALY)

WAY OF ST. JAMES (FRANCE - SPAIN)

IMAGES FROM

CANADAU.S.A.INDIAITALYICELANDNORWAYSWEDEN FINLANDGERMANYFRANCESPAINPORTUGALENGLANDIRELAND

MONT BLANC (ITALY - FRANCE)

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