TITLE: REFLECTIONS

With the 'Reflections' series, I wanted to experiment with abstractionism in a direction aimed at investigating the optical phenomena of reflection combined with the movement of water, in an abstract graphic key.
By cutting the frame, on the one hand I make the "choice" of the subject by initiating the creative process, the so-called "detachment from the multiplicity of the possible", on the other hand I circumscribe the subject and extract and isolate it from the context with the precise intention of making the form abstract and at the same time shifting the observer's interest from the object: the context, the landscape as a whole, to the subject: the individual form.
In these works, the simple or complex marks produced by the reflection of the sun's rays on the water create natural suminagashi, in which shadow replaces ink in the effects generated by the reflection of light on water.
In the ancient and fascinating Japanese art of 'floating ink', the final result is determined by the simultaneous action of the random movement of the water, which is impossible to control, and the movement that the artist gives the ink with his brush. Similarly in the 'Reflections' series, I use framing in the search for the perfect movement in which to capture the play of light and shadow at the moment in which the sharp contrasts of black and white create an ephemeral balance of positive and negative. It is precisely in this instant that through the shot, isolating a few elements, I capture the image in which the essential is concentrated: one among the infinite possible, but unrepeatable, 'reflections'

AUTHOR: Edo Piantadosi (Italy)

I was born in Tarvisio, a small town on the Italian side of the Alps, on the border with Austria and Slovenia. I graduated in architecture in Venice and, during my studies, I attended the photography course of Italo Zannier, one of the best-known Italian photographers and historians of photography, and that is when I developed my interest in photography.

For many years I have explored the natural environment of the area where I live in search of the beauty of natural forms, their aesthetic and artistic qualities. This persistent work on the shapes of natural elements in recent years has resulted in a series of abstract naturalistic photographs, which I only recently decided to exhibit.

Solo exhibitions
• 2017 “Forme Fragili” La Fortezza Art Gallery – Gradisca di Isonzo Italy
• 2019 “Forme Fragili” Piccola Fenice Exhibition Centre – Trieste Italy
• 2022 “Intimate Metaphysics” NooN Consulting Art Gallery – Brussels
• 2023 “Forme Effimere” Museum Palazzo Veneziano – Malborghetto-Valbruna Italy
Awards
• 2023 Monovision Black and white photography awards – Honorable mention - Abstract category – FRAGILE FORMS series and REFLECTIONS series
• 2023 International photography awards – Honorable mention - Abstract category – COSMOS series; Official selection - Abstract category – REFLECTIONS Series
• 2023 Ten Moir Gallery – Beyond Earth – Second Place – Photo: GALAXY CLUSTER
• 2023 ND Awards – Honorable Mention – Abstract Category – FRAGILE FORMS series
• 2023 Chromatic Photography Awards – Honorable mention – Abstract category- Photo: VAN GOGH’s YELLOW; Photo: CHROMATIC TURBULENCES
• 2023 Monochrome Photography Awards – Abstract category – 3rd Prize – Photo: COSMIC WAVES; Honorable mention – Abstract category - Photo: SOLAR STORM