TITLE: Isolated portraits

Isolated portrait is the desire to tell the forced isolation in this historical period.
I had the fortune to have access in many houses, mostly of unknown people and listening to their personal stories. During
those meetings, independentely from their situation and their feelings, the portrait has revealed to be a common point:
“I am here”.
“I am here” is the desire to feel part of the world despite of forced isolation.
The images are realized with the large format via video call, using a reinterpretation of the calotype, an ancient photographic technique. The photography is born from a negative paper on 4x5 “, then printed in contact to obtain the positive, and finally scanned. The control, both in the shooting phase and in the subsequent development phases, is very little and this is the reason why I chose to use this method, which metaphorically reflects our time.
They are portaits, not photos of screens.
I am part of a colletive of eight photographers who have been virtually touring houses in Italy since 13th March.
This is my personal portfolio.

AUTHOR: Sergio Bruno (Italy)

My name is Sergio Bruno and I was born in 1974.
My true passion is people. I have always been fascinated by our passage on this world – the difficulties and joys of life. The camera has become the instrument with which I express my love of life.
With photography I have the opportunity to freeze an instant or express my vision of those aspects of human existence which I find marvellous.
In 2009, after 15 years of a soulless job, I dropped everything to dedicate myself to professional photography. I studied live performance photography with Silvia Lelli at IED Milan and since then I regularly attend courses and workshops for all genres.
In 2012 I received the QIP and QEP (Qualified Italian/ EuropeanPhotographer ).
In 2016 I specialised in antique photography, in particular the wet plate collodion technique, which I call slow photography.