Week number 6 (July 29 2010)

WORD: "FEISTY"

Feisty:

Full of spirit or pluck. Lively, resilient, and self-reliant

She is an actress. I saw her once on stage, she is a very good actress, and I knew it was going to be an easy shot. It is always easy with actors. I just have to press the shutter release, they do the rest. And it is always good. Beautiful picture.

Tutto fu ambito e tutto fu tentato.

Quel che non fu fatto io lo sognai

e tanto era l'ardore che il sogno eguagliò l'atto

GdA

To be continued...

Fabio

Week number 6 (July 27)

WORD: "LIBERTAD"

Libertad (Spanish):

The power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints.

WORD: "VERDAD"

Verdad (Spanish):

The quality of being true, genuine, actual, or factual

Hi there. Thank you to all my followers.

One thing that I start liking about this is that I am taking pictures of people I have never seen before, I only meet them when they come for the shoot! in front of the camera's eye.

It makes me think of the following story. I met a photographer this year that is working on a project taking pictures of mums, he never meets them before the shooting sessions. He has an agent that looks for women with children and in a certain age range. And... this is the most interesting part: he takes the photos with a large format camera (one of those old school camera) without even looking at the subject. He takes two shots, and he choose the best of the two...

Here are some other shots from previous weeks:

WORD: missing

WORD: missing

WORD: "CURIOSITY"

Curiosity:
An eager desire to know

Good night
Fabio

Week number 5 (July, 22 2010)

WORD: "RENAISSANCE"

Renaissance:

A revival of intellectual or artistic achievement and vigor.

Another week went by.. this project makes me feel even more how time waits for no man.

Another two beautiful subjects and two nice words. It is interesting how when reading the word next to the photo, any word to any photo, the word gets a different 'sound'...

Here my second friend:

WORD: "LUNACY"

Lunacy:
Insanity, especially insanity relieved intermittently by periods of clear-mindedness.

Today I will close with a verse, cos I feel like it:

"Four o'clock,
Here is the number on the door.
Memory!
You have the key,
The little lamp spread a ring on the stair.
Mount,
The bed is open; the tooth-brush hangs on the wall,
Put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life"
TSE

Week number 4 (July 15 2010)

WORD: "KISMET"

Kismet:

Fate or Destiny in Turkish and Urdu, a predetermined course of events, from Persian qesmat, from Arabic qisma, lot, from qasama, to divide, allot; see qsmin Semitic roots.

Amigos,

It has been a thought week. But finally after 2 cancelled appointments (of which one was cancelled last minute, actually past the minute. I was ready to shoot and the lady text me saying "I am still on a boat" - for a second I thought I was still living in Miami!) I finally shot again!

Two great subjects. It was fun.

PHOTO 1 - So guys, I introduce you to one of the two shots of the day. There, above, the male shot.

What do you think? it's my first real laugh on the project.

I also have the word: KISMET. I never heard this word before, so new word for me! it means 'fate', it doesn't sound like an English word right?

PHOTO 2 - Here is the second subject of the day, the female subject. I really like this one, it is so simple but so nice at the same time. I don't have a word yet, will get it and update it soon...

WORD: "FACADE"

Facade:

An artificial or deceptive front

Technical details: I placed a white umbrella on one of the lights and placed it between the background and the subject and now the background is nice and white - no photoshop necessary - before I used to have it behind the background as initially I wanted to have some kind of halo. I think all white is nicer for this project. The umbrella is pointing at the background. I want to try the opposite also...

Buona notte

Fabio

The beginning

Week number 3 (July 7th) - NYC

It all started with this self portrait that I had to take for a photography assignment...

I set up the lights, put a hat on and pushed the remote. I got a decent self-portrait that I printed and hanged over my bed.
Why? my teacher once said "I hang my work where I can see it before going to bed so it sticks in my subconscious in my sleep. If I still like the shot after few days then that's it, it goes into the project box"... cool.

After few days I still liked the shot and I actually had an idea: I want to take at least 100 portraits of other people with the same hat on and their eyes shadowed. Men and women, al nationalities, all color, all ages (almost). NYC is the perfect city for this.

If I take 3 portraits per week I can get 100 portraits in ~33 weeks, that is ~233 days. So more or less I am giving myself one year to finish this... or maybe I will just keep going...

Why am I doing this? I have 14 portraits so far and I don't have an answer yet, but it's a lot of fun. It's fun to take the photos and it's great to look at the results.

Actually: I will publish a portrait book.

Do you want to be bart of the project?

I have 3 rules only:
1) everybody has to wear the same hat (of course) provided by me and the same clothes style as follows. Men: white shirt and black suit jacket; Girls: strapless (jewelry as they like)
2) you will need to sign a standard model release form
3) you will have to give me one word to go with your photo. The word does not have to be related to the picture. It is just a word that for some reason is meaningful to you.
I can give you a 5x7 print for free if you like but I will not be able to give you the file. I can make bigger prints for a small fee to pay for the ink (it is super expensive and the printer sucks like a biatch)

These are not fashion portraits, it is about real people with a (real) hat on...

start your engines... few of my latest:

WORD: "GLOW"

Glow:
A light produced by a body heated to luminosity

WORD: "INSPIRED"

Inspired:

adj. Of such surpassing brilliance or excellence as to suggest divine inspiration: an inspired musician; an inspired performance.

WORD: "REDELICIOUS"

WORD: "QUANTUM"

Quantum:

A quantity or amount. Physics: The smallest amount of a physical quantity that can exist independently.

WORD: "NOMAD"

Nomad:

A person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer.

l'ultima (per oggi...)

WORD: "CUPCAKE"

Cupcake:

n. A small cake baked in a cup-shaped container.

Goodnight ma frends,
Fabio