Riccardo Piva
Altered States of Reality: An Exhibition of Analog and Digital Fine Art Photography
October 29 - November 19, 2010
Reception:
Thursday November 4, 2010 6-8 PM
Press Release
The delightful and moving digital photography of Italian born artist Riccardo Piva captures moments that inspire the imagination and connect to the soul. Using both black and white and color images, Piva’s photographs range from birds-eye view landscapes to intimate architectural scenes of Rome. Piva’s work is strictly spontaneous; his work is deeply inspired and built on capturing the memorable essence of an inspirational moment. His black and white architectural photography in particular is deeply enchanting. Piva’s photographs express strong directional compositions and he has developed a skillful process of producing a high level of contrast, which is one of the key factors that make his images so appealing. Piva’s photographs of his hometown also have a powerful emotional element, suggesting a sense of nostalgia and grandeur, as well as a hint of awe of a community that once was the center of human thought and power.
Riccardo Piva lives and works in Rome, Italy.
Artist Statement
I spend all my free time cultivating my passion, photography. My aim is to try to stop the present in a shot, to bring that moment in time into the future, preserved and a possible subject for exploration and reflection. My way of seeing things has been influenced by the events of my life, notably my months in hospital with leukemia as a child, and the loss of some people important to me. Overall, I want to establish myself as a photographer, something I work for on a daily basis, and to explain what I feel and show it to people in the images I produce - something I do now and will continue to do, because it is a vital part of my life.
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