“I have more memories than if I'd lived a thousand years” wrote
Baudelaire.
We all have unmentionable, unspeakable thoughts that we
ourselves fear.
We all have worries and anxieties we want to hide from the
others’ sight. Or that we wish they could be seen, to be rescued.
These thoughts are so deep and intimate that are not visible to
the outside world. They are transparent to the others.
But we do have them. We carry them on our skin, every single
day.
I have tried to bring these fears to light. I have tried to highlight
and collect them. With this work I want to make decipherable
the invisible thoughts and worries we do have tattooed on our
body, but that nobody usually sees.
I have asked the portrayed people to think about and feel these
fears, these uncertainties, these thoughts, so that I could catch
them.
This is a selection of 5 portraits (of 44).
Pietro Baroni (1977) is an artist and photographer born and raised in Italy, currently based in Milan.
His work focuses on contemporary social and philosophic issues.
He holds a degree in Natural Science for which he carried out a research project on lions in Tanzania and for five years he has also been a geological and naturalistic guide in Iceland and Morocco.
He has always had a big passion for photography: initially photographs went hand in hand with his globe trotting lifestyle allowing him to create reportages for important editorial publications like Panorama Travel, Bell’Europa, Bell’Italia and Marie Claire.
He visited Sarajevo several times after the war for humanitarian purposes and recently he has recently completed an in depth reportage about Power Stations in Italy on behalf of Alpiq and is currently working on three different artistic conceptual projects characterized by social and philosophical implications.
He loves to work on faces and on their emotional implications through an accurate analysis physiognomy: the subjects of a portrait are active and changing elements and often photography can capture interesting tears in the spirit.
Another social-related project is "Milan Closets", for wich he won an Honorable Mention in the 2012 International Photography Awards (IPA), People Lifestyle Category.
Besides editorial assignments and publications, he has done corporate work for clients and Agencies such as:
- Apliq, Zurich;
- ABB, Milan;
- Young & Rubicam, Milan;
- Fondazione Corriere della Sera, Milan;
- Schindler, Zurich;
- Burson-Marsteller, Milan
Pietro loves cinema movies of all kinds, regional cuisine, NBA, and quotes of Federico Buffa. If he could live a different life, he would only swap with an extreme mountain climber: one who pushes his mental and physical limits and makes discovers.
Awards SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018, Connections c/o Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan (Italy)
2016, Milan Closets c/o Unicredit Pavillion, Milan (Italy)
2016, Just An Hour Ago c/o Solferino 40- Design Week, Milan (Italy)
2015, deejanellarmadio c/o Maxxi, Rome (Italy)
2014, Borivali c/o Ca' Dolfin, Venezia (Italy)
2014, Milan Closets c/o Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan (Italy)
2014, Eternity c/o diwanphotoplace, Cavaion Veronese (Italy)
2014, Eternity at "Fotografia Europea", Reggio Emilia (Italy)
2014, Precari at "Outofwork" c/o Gogol Gallery, Milan (Italy)
2013, deejanellarmadio c/o Progetto Calabiana, Milan (Italy)
2013, Milan Closets at Pesaro Foto Festival c/o Canon Galleri, Pesaro (Italy)
2013, Milan Closets c/o PWC gallery, Milan (Italy)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018, J'ai plus de souvenirs que si J'avais mille ans c/o Klompching Gallery, NYC (USA)
2018, J'ai plus de souvenirs que si J'avais mille ans c/o Spazio Tetenal, Rome (Italy)
2015, The Awareness of Me I c/o PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano (Italy)
2015, Expo Milano, the Pavillions c/o Biennial Architecture Chicago, Chicago (USA)
2013, Tree at "Breast Health International" c/o DaDaEAST Gallery, Milan
2013, Precari at "Outofwork" c/o Ohibò, Milan (Italy)
2013, Face your talent, selected artist for Eternity project, Milan (Italy)
2013, Sarpi Mestieri at Arte In Sarpi c/o Think Cattleya, Milan (Italy)
2013, Eternity at “Lost in Chaos” Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan (Italy)
2013, Prima Visione GRIN c/o Belvedere Gallery, Milan (Italy) - PARCHI MILANESI #2 - LICANTROPI
2012, Milan Closets c/o Appartamento Lago - Fashion Week, Milan (Italy)
2012, Acqua Plus, c/o Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan (Italy) - SHANGHAI
2012, Prima Visione GRIN c/o Belvedere Gallery, Milan (Italy) - MIGRANTI A MILANO
2011, L'uomo disperato c/o Centro Filologico Milan (Italy)
2010, La Bellezza c/o Arché Onlus e Centro San Fedele, Milan (Italy)
2010, RCMA c/o Palazzo Spinola, Rome (Italy) - WINE IN SIX
2009, Scattidivini c/o Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence (Italy) - WINE IN SIX
AWARDS
2017, Selected as one of 50 emerging photographers of the year by LensCulture, with the project “J'ai plus de souvenirs que si J'avais mille ans”
2017, J'ai Plus de souvenirs que si J'avais mille ans - 2ST PLACE - BLACK & WHITE FINE ART SERIES OF THE YEAR 2017 - Black and White Photo Contest
2017, J'ai Plus de souvenirs que si J'avais mille ans - 1ST PLACE - BLACK & WHITE FINE ART SERIES OF THE YEAR 2017 - MonoVision Photography Awards
2017, J'ai Plus de souvenirs que si J'avais mille ans - Honorable Mention for PX3 - Prix de la Photographie Paris
2014, Divine Kids - Honorable Mention in the 2014 International Photography Awards annual competition (Portrait, Children category)
2013, Eternity - Honorable Mention in the 2013 International Photography Awards annual competition (Fine Art Portrait category)
2013, Artist of the month (april) on Artgallery
2013, Werewolves - Finalist Premio ArtGallery 4th Edition
2012, Milan Closets - Honorable Mention in the 2012 International Photography Awards annual competition (People Lifestyle category)
