Elegia Fantastica.
Hemeria| N° d'inventaire | 26890 |
| Format | 29.5 x 29.5 |
| Détails | 200 p., numerous b&w photographs, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782490952038 |
Through an introspective journey to places of the past and atavistic bonds that have never been broken, the photographer opens questions about the present to transform a personal experience into a collective memory.
The places of memory, described by Pierre Nora, are re-elaborated by the artist who – moving away from the more strictly historiographical and museum meaning of the term – develops a photographic journey where the Steps constitute the fertile ground, the locus primus, the primordial space for generating connections with emotional, mythical and imaginary experiences, both personal and universal, therefore archetypal. These experiences are identified with significant facts of the past and traditions belonging to a specific place, which thus serves as a container for the artist's personal memories and becomes a sounding board for collective feelings.
Emanuele Scorcelletti's book thus presents a profound and meticulous black and white photographic journey that touches on one of the most current reflections of contemporary man on the importance of places as fundamental elements in defining one's personal approach to existence. The Marches are therefore the protagonists of a research on the notion of place, studied in the relationships it establishes with the individuals who live there, who have lived there or who have forged strong bonds with it.
As the title of the project suggests, the book is proposed as a poetic composition which, as in the most refined elegies, is divided into two parts: that of memory and that of vision , the first melancholic and evocative, the second ardent and exalted. Classical images with balanced geometries characterize the first section of the book, while the shots of the second section are loaded with expressionist and vibrant tones.
The publication is edited by Cyril Drouhet, director of photography for Figaro magazine , and contains critical contributions that analyze the artistic research of Emanuele Scorcelletti, placing it in an international artistic panorama.
The critical contributions deal with the research of the Italian-French photographer, while tracing an interesting history of contemporary photography on the theme of the representation of places.
Through an introspective journey to places of the past and atavistic bonds that have never been broken, the photographer opens questions about the present to transform a personal experience into a collective memory.
The places of memory, described by Pierre Nora, are re-elaborated by the artist who – moving away from the more strictly historiographical and museum meaning of the term – develops a photographic journey where the Steps constitute the fertile ground, the locus primus, the primordial space for generating connections with emotional, mythical and imaginary experiences, both personal and universal, therefore archetypal. These experiences are identified with significant facts of the past and traditions belonging to a specific place, which thus serves as a container for the artist's personal memories and becomes a sounding board for collective feelings.
Emanuele Scorcelletti's book thus presents a profound and meticulous black and white photographic journey that touches on one of the most current reflections of contemporary man on the importance of places as fundamental elements in defining one's personal approach to existence. The Marches are therefore the protagonists of a research on the notion of place, studied in the relationships it establishes with the individuals who live there, who have lived there or who have forged strong bonds with it.
As the title of the project suggests, the book is proposed as a poetic composition which, as in the most refined elegies, is divided into two parts: that of memory and that of vision , the first melancholic and evocative, the second ardent and exalted. Classical images with balanced geometries characterize the first section of the book, while the shots of the second section are loaded with expressionist and vibrant tones.
The publication is edited by Cyril Drouhet, director of photography for Figaro magazine , and contains critical contributions that analyze the artistic research of Emanuele Scorcelletti, placing it in an international artistic panorama.
The critical contributions deal with the research of the Italian-French photographer, while tracing an interesting history of contemporary photography on the theme of the representation of places.