"Kintsugi - riparare con l'oro" is a self-portrait project. It is about
celebrating the battles the soul has come through, accepting and
honoring the scars that testify to how it has been shattered and
has come together as more complete and precious.
The title is borrowed from the ancient Japanese technique of
repairing porcelain vessels accentuating the cracks with gold
instead of concealing them.
Gold foil is applied by hand at the end of the printing process.
"Kintsugi" is part of a wider ongoing project on rebirth called
"Rinascimenti Privati", that could be translated as "Private
Renaissances". In Italian Rinascimento means both "rebirth" and
the Renaissance, an era that witnessed the flourishing of the arts
and intellectual activities after the Middle Age.
I am a fine art photographer based in Naples, Italy. In my images I completely eliminate context (time, space and the subject's identity) so that the viewer can connect more deeply with the message or emotion I aim to convey. Keeping the narrative elements minimal also helps me get to the core of the condition I am investigating: looking at my own wounds from the outside I can consider vulnerability and struggle as a shared, universal state. Photography has been and still is a form of therapy to me.
Awards 2017 MIFA - 2nd Place in Professional Fine Art - Special Effects (Kintsugi)
2017 PX3 - Honorable Mention in Professional Fine Art - Digitally Enhanced (Kintsugi)
2016 IPA - Honorable Mention in both Professional Special - Digitally Enhanced and Professional Self Portrait categories (Kintsugi)
2016 ND Awards - 2 Honorable Mention in both Fine Art - Conceptual and Fine Art - Photomanipulation (Kintsugi)
2014 IPA - 1st place in Professional Self Portrait
2014 MIFA - 1st place in Professional Self Portrait
2014 EPC Emirates Photography Competition - 1st place in Creative Category
