Honorable Mention / 2016 / Portraiture / Personality

Beyond the naked skin

Petya, 22, my partner.
The clarity of her skin bearing no signs except those of her youth.
Intimate, Sacred, private her relationship with her nudity, same as
mine.
It's the revelation of what we are, of how modern society makes us
feel fragile and exposed when we lay ourselves bare.

Francesco Nerone was born in 1987 in Formia (LT). He first studied at Academy of fine arts in Frosinone, Italy and then at istituto Italiano di Fotografia, in Rome. The latter is known as one of the best photography schools in Europe.
As a photographer he's mainly involved in portraiture and fashion photography. He had a lot of photographies published on italian and international magazines.
He has always been looking for his own personal style, trying to make it extremely emotional and able to blend the psychological underwear of the characters and a modern aesthetics

Awards 2018: Paratissima Art Fair, Photo Week a BASE Milano.
2017: International photography award honorable mention - portrait category
2017: Ritratto, una performance di e con Luigi Morra e Francesco Nerone - Lunarte festival, produzione Etérnit
2016: IPA honorable mention - Los Angeles
2016: Px3 photographie honorable mention - Paris
2016: Celeste Prize (as a finalist), Skin visible white - Florence
2016: FSM (Fondazione Marangoni Firenze) & Celeste Network, Photo Prize 2016 exposition - Florence
2015: On Art, personal portraits - Caserta
2014: Spazio Cerere, Creativity, ISFCI - Rome
2013: "Final exhibition", Istituto superiore di fotografia - Rome