TITLE: Minimalist impressions of an Italian village

I conceived this project during a trip to Porto Maurizio (Imperia), a characteristic Ligurian village located in Italy.
Among several genres of photography I love architecture and while spending some days in this typical Italian village I was fascinated by the multiple minimalist insights one can have here.
The clean, rational lines of its neoclassic Dome and its lodges struck me for their beauty and its cracks and peelings did nothing but increase my fascination for such an authentic place, which spoke so well of the passage of time. I immediately perceived a series of simple elements such as clear architectural lines as clear symbols of the exquisite attempt to rationalize life and to impress pure, classical beauty forever. The cracks and peelings spoke at the same time of the immense power of time and human fragility. I believe minimalism is perfect in the process of starting from reality to abstract and reflect on universal themes such as time, rationalization attempts and aesthetics. This is what this project is about.

AUTHOR: Floriana Avellino (Italy)

Floriana Avellino is a chameleonic photographer from Monza, Northern Italy. Being naturally allergic to labels Floriana is really inspired by any photographic genre considering each genre not so much a way of capturing reality but of interpreting and sharing a personal vision of it in a specific moment or situation. In that process the observer mixes up with their subject of observation and there she sees a chance to build a bridge towards the outer world and other human beings meeting them in what we all have got in common (inner emotions, hopes and fears).

AWARDS

2023
CHROMATIC AWARDS - Honorable mention, Architecture category
IPA - Honorable mention, Editorial/Press category
MONOVISION AWARDS - Honorable mention, Architecture category
MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS - Honorable mention, Architecture category;
PX3 (PRIS DE LA PHOTOGRAPHY PARIS) - Honorable mention
2022
CHROMATIC AWARDS - Honorable mention, Architecture category
IPA - Honorable Mention, Architecture category, Official Selection, People / Architecture category
IPA ONE SHOT (Colors) - Honorable mention, Architecture category
MONOVISION AWARDS - Honorable mention, Architecture category (series)
MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS - Honorable mention, Night Photography category
FINE ART AWARD - Honorable mention, Architecture / Street Photography / Night Photography categories
2021
THE PRINT SWAP by FEATURE SHOOT
CREATIVE AWARDS - Finalist
LIFE FRAMER'S THE FACE OF THE EARTH COMPETITION - Editor's mention
CHROMATIC AWARDS - Honorable mention, Architecture / Street categories

EXHIBITIONS

2023
CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE - Art Shopping - Paris, 20-22 October
TREVISO PHOTOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL - 5-24 September
STEINER GALLERY - International Prize for Contemporary Art - Vienna, 24 July - 19 August
QUEEN ART GALLERY - Padua Art Festival Red Carpet - Padua, 1 - 20 July
SPAZIO EVENTI - Salerno Art Festival, Traveling exhibition - Salerno, 2023/2024
SPAZIO TOLOMEO - "The Power of Art" exhibition - Milan, 27 April - 4 May
MARGUTTA GALLERY - Contemporary Photography exhibition - Rome, January/February
2022
LOOSENART Exhibition "MINIMAL. SIGNS AND FORMS OF THE ESSENTIAL EXHIBITION" - Rome, September/October
VENICE PHOTO LAB - Theme "Freedom", Photo from the series "Travelling) - October
THE GLASGOW GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY - Street photography exhibition - Photo "Cabine" - Glasgow, April 30 - May 14
PHOTOPLACE GALLERY - "Quiet Landscapes"&"Dreams and Imagining" exhibition

PUBLICATIONS
Spectaculum Magazine, Artdoc Magazine, Mnngful Platform, Life Framer’s Collection