TITLE: Apparent portraits

No one can really know the other, we often find ourselves in front of hidden, masked figures that hide their inner being that can certainly not be fully evaluated starting from appearance.Magritte said; "The power of mystery manifests itself by evoking the mystery of beings that seem familiar to us". The alienating is not something that strikes us when we are in front of an unreal situation. The neutral mask expresses the alienating in the theater, erasing the face, it cancels the possibility of a body moving from object to subject, and vice versa. "The mystery is the banality that unites all things".

AUTHOR: paolo iommelli (Italy)

Paolo Iommelli freelance photographer, after graduation, attends the lessons of the photographer Mimmo Jodice at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. Later he graduated at the University Federico II (Naples) in Philosophy of Language, with a thesis on "Myths and Symbols", and specialized in Visual Anthropology with a Master's in social photography.

International Prizes and Awards:

3 Nominee FAPA 2017 London;
2nd place TIFA 2017 Tokyo Awards Japan;
Honorable Mention TIFA 2017 Tokyo Awards Japan;
2nd place IPOTY 2017 London;
2 Honorable Mention IPOTY 2017 London;
3 Honorable Mention IPA 2017 Los Angeles;
2nd place MIFA 2017 Moscow Awards;
3nd place PX3 2017 Prix de la Photographie Paris;
TOP 100 Best photos 35 Awards 2017 Moscow;
Lens Culture Selected Competition Gallery Exposure Awards 2018;
Snapgle Photo Contest finalist;
Honorable Mention PX3 2017 Prix de la Photographie Paris;
Honorable Mention TIFA 2016 Tokyo Awards Japan;
Honorable Mention ND Awards 2016;
Honorable Mention MIFA 2016 Moscow Awards.

Publications in Italian and foreign magazines:

Various publications on the VOGUE ITALIA magazine and on NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ITALIA;
The portfolio "Apparent portraits"; "Portraits Without Faces"; " The place of origins" published in L'OEIL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Paris Magazine;
The "Inside the landscape" portfolio published in the magazine F-STOP MAGAZINE;
The "Portraits Without faces" portfolio published in the on line CLIK MAGAZINE;
The "Vestiges. Andare per il Mediterraneo" portfolio published on the magazine GENTE DI FOTOGRAFIA N.65;
The "The Loneliness of Globalized Man" portfolio published on the EDGE of HUMANITY MAGAZINE;
URBAN unveils the City and its secrets Vol. 02 dotArt;
Barolo&Co. magazine;
Civiltà del Mediterraneo rivista del Consorzio Interuniversitario Diogene Editore 2016;
Pensare l’Architettura Diogene Editore 2016 collana di Urbanistica e Pianificazione Territoriale per una Architettura Eco ed Antroposostenibile;
Catalogo della Blank Wall Gallery Exhibition 2016 Catalogue Blurb Editore;
Il Centro Direzionale di Napoli tra utopia e realtà Lulu.com Independent Publishing Platform, Napoli 2016.
Vestiges. Andare per il Mediterraneo CreateSpace, Napoli 2015;
Vestiges. Catalogo della mostra Napoli 2015.


Exhibitions only:
Museopolis, Monumental Complex of Santa Maria la Nova, Naples, " May of the Monuments 2016 ".


Exhibitions collective:


TIFA 2017 Foto Awards CA Galery ICA3 Bldg E 2F 3 Chome-4-6 Higashinihonbashi, Chùò, Tokyo 103-0004
Japan;
MIFA 2017 Foto Awards Moscow ArtGallery Nakashirke. Galleria “Na kashirke” Moscow;
MIFA 2017 Foto Awards Moscow Exhibition Hall Novorossiysk International Photography Festival Photovisa;
MIFA 2017 Foto Awards in Simferopoli in Crimea;

TRIESTE PHOTO DAYS 2017. International Photography Festival;
INTERNATIONAL EXHBITION POTOGRAPHY AWARDS – IPA 2017 Convention Center 655 West 34th Street New York, NY 10001; One Hudson Square 75 Varick Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10013; Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave New York, NY 10019.

TIFA 2016 Foto Awards Tokyo Shibuya Cultural Center Owada Galleria: 23-21 Sakura-gaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo;
3 Exhibition Blank Wall Gallery 55 Fokionos Negri Street 11361 Athens, Greece 2016/2017;
PARIS 2016 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ESPACE BEAUREPAIRE, PARIS 28 Rue Beaurepaire, 75010;
MOSCOW 2016 INTERNATIONAL EXHBITION PHOTO CENTER GOGOLEVSKY BLVD 8 MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 119019;
MOSCOW 2016 INTERNATIONAL EXHBITION MINSK GALLERY ARTEL.