The project “Biocities” tells about contemporary architectures as they
were paintings of geometric abstraction, having in the eyes and in the
mind the paintings of Malevich, El Lissisky, Mondrian, Rotchko and
others. The photographs of this series are not collages, but the result
of particular positions of shoot and of a strong compression of
perspective thanks to powerful zooms.
Biocities is a work around today's aspects of architectural life, on the
texture of new materials and volumes. The photographic shots prevent
the too long fields, explicit realism, the immediacy of the comparison.
On the contrary, images enhance the nature of details so that single
elements, as narrated, become independent. The city is told as a
texture, architectural tissues are told in terms of highly "blood-
permeated" biologies. Volumes (architecture) and a flat view
(painting): a perspective stems from the real world which is
compressed into the constraints of bi-dimensionality.
Carlo D'Orta (Florence 1955). He favors the architectures, but photographing them not in a descriptive way, but to extract abstract images from architectural lines and perspectives. Since 2010 he holds personal exhibitions in museums and in galleries in the main Italian cities and foreign cities (Berlin, Frankfurt, Singapore, etc). His works are in important public and private collections collections (Bank of Italy, Italian Parliement, Stuttgart Architektenkammer, Spoleto Contemp Art Museum, Confindustria, Justice Palace in Milano, State Archive Museum in Roma, Eur spa, and others).
Awards PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris
In 2017 Honorable Mention with the series Biocities Two and Vibrations
Other Prizes
2018
Satura International Contest – 3° prize in Photography section with the artworks “(Biocities)
Roma Eur 60”
Arteam Cup Prize – Finalist in Photography section with the artworks“(Biocities) Roma Eur 82B”
Combat Prize – Shortlisted with the artworks “(Rinascimento) Roma Eur # 146”
Rospigliosi Prize – Winner in Photography section with the artworks “Vibrazione Baires # 5”
2017
Fondo Malerba Fotografia – Selected in FMF Archive with project “EUR
42/Today: Different Visions”
Premio Lynx – Cultural Association Il Sestante – Finalist with the artworks
“Roma Eur Nuvola # 4”
Combat Prize – Associazione Culturale Blob Art – Shortlisted with artwork “Vibration
Roma Eur # 70”
2016
Premio Lynx – Cultural Association Il Sestante – Shortlisted with the artworks
“Liquidance 78”
Fondo Malerba Fotografia – Selected in FMF Archive with projects “Vibrations”
and “Liquidance”
Premio Ora Espaňa – Radar Cultural Association – Finalist
2015
Premio Enegan Art – Enegan spa - Finalist
Fondo Malerba Fotografia – Selected in FMF Archive with project
“(De)Compositions”
Malamegi Lab Art Foundation – Selected in the “Vision Art Contest II Edition”
2014
SaatchiArt.com – Shortlisted in “Celebrate Paris Photo” collection – (2014 November)
SaatchiArt.com – Shortlisted in “Inspired by Mondrian” collection – (2014, March)
2013
Le Journal de la Photographie - Weekend Portfolio (June, 8) – Shortlisted by the New
York gallerist and art dealer Howard Greenberg
2012
Sony World Photo Award 2012 – Sony World Photo Organisation – Shortlisted in
“Professional-Conceptual” category
Murano Glass Prize 2012 – Abate Zanetti High School (Murano-Venezia)
Winner as photo-designer in “Vetrofusione” category
Combat Prize – Blob Art Cultural Association - Finalist
2010
Celeste Prize 2010 – Celeste Cultural Association – On Line vote Winner
2009
Mondatori Art Prize - Finalist
