€5
- 2 contributions
A huge thank and your name on the web page of the project.
Exhibition ''Fragments of Lost Dialogues'' at Salon d’Automne 2017 in Paris
Help fund the exhibition ‘Fragments of Lost Dialogues’ on the occasion of the Salon d’Automne 2017 in Paris
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Raffaello Ferone
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09/10/2017
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€2.130
Out of €1.849
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Exhibition ''Fragments of Lost Dialogues'' at Salon d’Automne 2017 in Paris
<p> </p><p><em>I wake up. It is dark everywhere around me. I feel the ground.</em></p><p><em>I look for an exit; I try to get out. Two eyes are staring at </em></p><p><em>me, they are following me. They do not give up. I am scared. </em></p><p><em>I am cold. Why am I so cold? Why am I naked? Where are </em></p><p><em>my clothes? Whose eyes are these? Is it a mirror? Wait, it is </em></p><p><em>not a mirror. I am not alone in the room. Who are you? I do </em></p><p><em>scream loud. Stop it. Enough! Leave me alone, please. I am </em></p><p><em>cold. Do not look at me in such a way. Who are you? What?</em></p><p><em>What the hell are you saying? Stop it. You cannot be me.</em></p><p><em>I am myself.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>I am questioning the identity</strong></p><p> </p><p>I have been wondering for a long time, how I would appear to my own eyes, how I would perceive my actions as a distinct foreign person. How the others would see themselves?</p><p> </p><p>I have asked the models to imagine to wake up in the dark and end up in front of...themselves. Not a mirror; in front of a distinct him/her-self. Who lives an independent life, and who observes him/her. I have asked them what their reaction would be. What would they say? Could they look at him/her in the eyes? What if he/she tried to get closer, to touch them? He/she is scrutinizing you. Just one possibility: talk to him/her.</p><p> </p><p><img alt="Ferone_007-1504283008" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/447995/Ferone_007-1504283008.jpg"></p><p> </p><p>These pictures represent traces, fragments of far away and timeless dialogues, that over time fade, evaporate, leaving just an echo bringing along anxiety, fear, distress, rage, surprise. And where nudity adds fragility and unease with respect to an unknown and stressful situation.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the models thanked me at the end of the shooting for such a peculiar travel into the twists and turns of their mind and their body.</p><p> </p><p><img alt="Ferone_006_011-1504283591" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/447996/Ferone_006_011-1504283591.jpg"></p><p> </p><p>All pictures have been taken in studio, using black and white and colour films with a Mamiya RZ67 Pro II, where each model has been photographed twice on the same negative.</p><p> </p><p><img alt="2_images-1504683191" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/448943/2_Images-1504683191.jpg"></p><p> </p><p>- This series has been officially selected for the “Rendez-Vous Image” photo fair in Strasbourg, France – January 2016.</p><p>- The work has been officially selected for the “Festival Européen de la Photo de Nu” in Arles, France – May 2015.</p><p>- These pictures have been published on the renowned blog “L'Oeil de la Photographie/The Eye of Photography” – March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>I am an independent photographer, working at the moment between Paris and Basel. I like portrait photography and everything has to do with the body. Studio work is for me synonym of creativity, of enchanted place where, thanks to the light, ideas become reality. For my personal projects, I only use black and white or color films.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>You can see more of my work on my personal website:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.raffaelloferone.com">www.raffaelloferone.com</a></p>
Allocation of funds
<p>It is an honor for me to be selected for the Salon d’Automne 2017 in Paris, which will be held from 12th to the 15th of October on the Champs Élysées Avenue.</p><p> </p><p>The Salon is an art exhibition, held in Paris since 1903, and where during the 20th century, many artists have shown their work. It represents a major appointment for art in France and the world. In 2016, about 30000 persons in 5 days have visited the Salon d’Automne.</p><p> </p><p>This exhibition represents for me a unique and important opportunity to show and diffuse my work. For such an appointment, it is fundamental to show prints and frames of the highest quality.</p><p> </p><p><strong>For that, I need your help.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Thanks to your support and donations, I will be able to finance the production of my artworks:</p><p>- 4 70x80 cm prints (two analogues and two ink-jet) on fine art FB paper : 953 €;</p><p>- 4 laminations and black floating frames: 896 €.</p><p> </p><p>For a total sum of 1849 €.</p><p>This money will be only used for the production of my work. I, Raffaello Ferone, will be the only responsible for the money.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Even 5 € can make the difference!</strong></p><p> </p><p>If by any chance, the total sum is higher than the requested amount, that will help me in taking new images which will make the series richer; permitting me to rent the photo studio, buying films, developing them and printing new photos.</p>
Rewards
€20
- 14 contributions
One ~10x15 cm print from a picture of the series or any image on my web site. A huge thank and your name on the web page of the project.
Estimated delivery: November 2017
€40
- 10 contributions
One ~20x30 cm print from a picture of the series or any image on my web site. A huge thank and your name on the web page of the project.
Estimated delivery: November 2017
€60
- 5 contributions
One ~20x30 cm ink-jet print, from a picture of the series or any image on my web site. A huge thank and your name on the web page of the project;
Estimated delivery: November 2017
€100
- 2 contributions
Two ~20x30 cm ink-jet prints from pictures of the series or any image on my web site. A huge thank and your name on the web page of the project.
Estimated delivery: November 2017
€150
- 1 contribution
Little gift box with ten ~10x15 cm prints or an ink jet, ~20x30 cm signed print, on fine-art FB paper, from pictures of the series or any image on my web site. A huge thank and your name on the web page of the project.
Estimated delivery: November 2017
€200
A one-hour outside photo session with 10 high resolution digital images (Only in Basel, Switzerland).
€300
One ~30x40 cm print on fine art FB paper, ink-jet or analogue (according to picture), signed and numbered (with its Certificate of Authenticity), from a picture of the series or any image on my web site; Max 10 for the same picture. A huge thanks and your name on the web page of the project.
Estimated delivery: November 2017
€700
One ~50x60 cm print on fine art FB paper, ink-jet or analogue (according to picture), signed and numbered (with its Certificate of Authenticity), from a picture of the series or any image on my web site. A huge thanks and your name on the web page of the project; Max 10 for the same picture. Or three outside two hours photo sessions with, for each session, 10 high resolution digital images (Photo sessions only possible in Basel, Switzerland).
Estimated delivery: November 2017