Storytelling is a way of exploring the world I wish I lived in, where at the same time is surreal and sublime, and made up of paradoxes, absurdities and nonsense. I work with concept that are emotional and timeless to create art with resonance and personal connection.

Utilizing the diptych format, I incorporate cultural iconography in a painterly way with satirical narratives inspired by the collective unconscious. My images are highly planned and I seek the technical perfection through the use of studio lights. After that, I altered the images to create new narratives as composites, where the past and present coexist. I often spend anywhere from five to fifty hours in Photoshop.

My childhood was filled with imaginary characters drawn from the story of those women who made my community unique. Although some of these characters are based on real people who really did exist, the mystery and the unknown which surround them let public link them to an imaginary world, made up of ancestral fears and archetypes.

In adulthood photography has enabled me to reconnect to my community and now I can find beauty in darkness and decay, as well as the legacy of those women in our identity. My goal is to bring a light to what usually keep hidden and unlock the darkness in us all.

I did a course at Pisa University and Fondazione Marangoni specialized in fashion photography.

Yes, I do! My first loving shot was in Paris: the tour Eiffel.

Nikon D850 and D700 with 24/70Vr and 70/200VrFl

I hope to find representation of gallerists.

My culture and my dreams/nightmares.

Dark, Surreal and Mystery

It means that I am able to communicate in the best way about who I am through my vision, my dreams, and nightmares.

The main characters and subjects of this project are women from Lucca, feminine figure that shaped their lives based on their will. Doing so, they deprived themselves of their own identity in order to become symbolic icons, the reflection of the society they lived in. What I want to represent is their stories and plumb the depth of their legacy that still affects our cultural heritage. For this reason I recall the cultural contest they lived in and, at the same time, and emphasize their contribution to the creation of Lucca’ social and cultural context and local community identity. Although some of these characters are based on real people, the mystery and the unknown which surround them let public link them to an imaginary world, made up of ancestral fears and archetypes.

It has affect my work greatly! I managed to show my work worldwide, and at a lot of galleries.

Cindy Sherman, Guy Bourdin, Brooke Shaden.

Show the world your soul.

Show the world your soul.

Try to be different using my imagination and my italian culture. I suggest you put into your art your personal experience.

I always look at all the professional winners in every important contest and on social media.

Nicoletta Cerasomma (scrivi@nicolettacerasomma.it), Brooke Shaden (hello@brookeshaden.com), Cindy Sherman.