Photographer Fiorenzo Senese’s show is the result of his
fascination with lines in architecture
French
artist Edouard Manet famously said, “There are no lines in nature, only areas
of colour, one against another.” Italian fine art photographer Fiorenzo Senese
seems to be deeply inspired by this adage. After having a successful exhibition
on this subject at the Piramal Art Gallery in November 2015, Senese is back
with another show to celebrate the myriad identities of these simple yet
complex figures in his second show, Lines
from Mumbai to Venice. The exhibition, which opened last month at Jamaat,
also commemorates the 18th anniversary of the Colaba art gallery.
Interestingly, the works will also be showcased at the group exhibition Personal
Structures held in Venice in
context of the ‘Biennale Arte 2017’ from May 13 to November 26 this year.
Born
in Rome and having lived in several Italian cities, Senese has made Mumbai his
home since 2012. He started shooting in his teens with his father’s camera,
which he still loves to use, beside the digital camera. He soon realised that
photography was his true calling as he wanted to share technically good images
as well as deeper emotions through his vision of the reality. The artiste, who
has exhibited in Mumbai, New York, London, Istanbul and Perugia (Italy) in the
past, says, “I have always considered photography as an art, so I shoot only
when I am inspired.”
Senese
has been fascinated with lines as it forms the base of many human concepts and
structures. Communication lines, airlines, pipes, pillars, roads, bridges,
cables and rails are a part of our daily lives where almost everything looks
ordinary, even mundane and we don’t pay much attention to them. However,
through his camera, Senese tries to show aesthetic details, where these
ordinary lines create unexpected and suggestive effects. So cables symbolise the
chaos caused by means of communication, pipes of a mall become part of an
incredible machine, some structures look as if they are floating in space and a
hotel corridor appears like a mysterious path. “Lines are present in our human
concepts and structures. You can extract incredible details or perspectives
from many linear structures and even create a new reality.”
This
time, the photographer has added new photos he took during his stay in New York
last year. “These images show the modern and architectural side of the concept
and focus more on the conceptualisation of the picture. The biggest challenge
sometimes is to be able to isolate exactly what you need. Since I shoot
details, these are embedded in complex bigger structures, hidden in the dark, or
in general placed in a difficult position to be shot.”
Senese
plans to have a different take on wildlife photography by using coloured
transparent glass. The 52-year-old follows a distinct philosophy, which ensures
that he doesn’t depend too much on technology to enhance his works. “What
thrills me most about photography is capturing the aesthetic essence of what
lies in front of me. My images come from reality, so I don’t like to alter the
scene. With Photoshop, I can easily merge different moments to get the desired
results, but where is the poetry in that? I aspire to remain in the field of
the pure photography.”
Source:THE HINDU-15th March,2017
