TITLE: VISUAL THRESHOLDS

This is a small selection of a larger project. It is a project on the threshold between the dream and the reality.

…it is an instinctive process, I usually don’t plan anything.
I often have my camera with me and when I come across a place or a person that "connects" with my memory or my subconscious I start working. Work with my dreams and nightmares and with my questions about existence. Subsequently, I rationalize these moments especially only after printing the photograph!
So my visual threshold is the border or "bridge" that exists between the timelessness of the unconscious mind and "reality" ... and anyone who looks at these photos can interpret them based on their existence.

All the prints are sepia toned and printed from an analog film 35mm and 6x6 and the complete series include 37 prints in total.

AUTHOR: Stefano Bernardoni (Italy)

Stefano actively began to take photos in the early 1990s ,with a particular leaning towards “inner photography”: an intensely personal and unique vision of the world surrounding him.
He especially prefers the use of black and white film in order to have total control of all the technical aspects: from the shot to the hand print in the darkroom;also because this type of artistry reflects his interior vision.
On May 28th 2006 his work “Visual Thresholds” won the prestigious first prize at the international festival of photography in Solighetto(Italy).
As a result of this the winning piece of work was published in an important British photographic journal in February 2008.
Moreover, his work has also been published in various important Italian and international magazines, such as Gente di fotografia, AG Magazine(see publications) as well as being displayed in important photographic exhibitions at Italian cultural events.
Stefano also spends his time teaching: he teaches,in his own school www.bottegaimmagine.it in which he teaches his way of “seeing” the world through the lens,on becoming a creative and highly skilled photographer and carries out a b&w fine art print workshop. He is also an expert in some alternative print processes as Kallitype, Salted print and Albumen print.
In June 2007 he was invited to conduct a Masterclass for a week by the photographic school “fotomasterskie” in St.Petersburg. The themes of the Masterclass were “Inner Photography” and how to become an expert photographer. A personal exhibition was also held in Anna Akhmatova museum.
After that Stefano was invited in other Russian cities (Mosca, San Pietroburgo, Togliattigrad, Vologda, Ufa) to lead masterclass and solo and group exhibitions
Actually Stefano continue to lead and teach his own Bottega Immagine School in Milan (IT).