Thursday, 20 February 2014

Franco Fontana

Franco Fontana




Most of all interested in the interplay of colours. The images are original and vibrant. The compositions are raw, to the bone - lines, shapes and forms are all of primary vision. The simple landscapes remind me of the important use of the frame, how it can change the art within the frame. We know the world exists beyond it, and cleverly the act of limiting the view, only seeing a fraction of the fields, we still get a sense of the immensity of the landscape.

The sense of scale often comes from a tree in his landscape photographs, though we are at a loss as to how to use this scale - how large is that tree? 




"I try to isolate in space and time all that is normally mixed up with an infinity of details. Extracting a few essential elements from the entirety that presents itself to the human eye is one of my inner requirements."

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