My work is first and foremost an attempt to translate the Old Masters aesthetic to the modern means of expression of photography. I know it`s a kind of mimetism. But I can't stop loving it.
The 16th-17th century painting has always been close to my soul. I fell in love with the drama of chiaroscuro, the atmosphere and composition of the baroque paintings. Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Caravaggio....Only when I started to look at the work of these titans with the hungry eye of the photographer in search of an aesthetic to resonate with, did I really begin to see.
This is when I truly felt that my work fulfills me creatively.
So, I started with simple portraits and a lot of questions. How wo...