Mélaina Cholé, from Ancient Greek μέλας (melas), and χολή (kholé), is a photographic exploration of humoral theory conceived by Hippocrates. This theory explained physical and psychological health or illness in terms of the state of balance or imbalance of various bodily fluids. According to Hippocrates (5th century bce), health was a function of the proper balance of four humors: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. Volk, in particular, focuses on black bile, described as a cold and dry fluid, generated by the archetype of the earth.
I’m an Italian photographer ( Trieste 1987 ) who lives and works in a small town called Staranzano, in the north east of Italy. After a short period of study at Spazio Labò in Bologna, I worked with artists such as Massimo Mastrorillo and Federico Clavarino.
In addition, I attended several workshops with Antonio Xoubanova, Ricardo Cases, Anouk Kruithof, Jason Fulford, Max Pinckers, Milo Montelli, Fosi Vegue, Michele Tagliaferri, Martin Kollar and Aleix Plademunt. In 2017, I received the Slideluck Gazebook Jason Fulford Award and I was shortlisted for the FUAM Dummy Book award.
Awards 2019 Best book 2019, American Suburb X list
2018 #Fotoroomopen / Jest edition: special mention
2018 FUAM Dummy Book Award: Shortlisted
2017 IPOTY: Honorable mention
2017 Latent call: Shortlisted
2017 Slideluck Gazebook Jason Fulford Award: Winner
2016 Monochrome Photography Awards: Honorable mention (conceptual)
