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Photographer Marco Simonelli

Since I was a boy, I have always been fascinated by the world of photography, and like every other adept of this discipline, I began by discovering the world around me by photographing what caught my imagination. Soon, however, I realized that forms, light, and matter are merely elements through which to contemplate other, less obvious aspects of a complex and chaotic reality. Thus, I began a journey of experimentation that continues today with the same passion and unwavering enthusiasm. This enthusiasm and attention have also been transferred to commercial photography, providing services to individuals and businesses.

My various photographic experiences, undoubtedly influenced by my work in a police force, are therefore the fruit of a profound study of the human condition. Moreover, being exposed to the needs, hardships, and joys of life has allowed me to develop a critical and open attitude toward new forms of photographic expression. The need to explore the various aspects of conceptual and material matter has effectively prevented me from becoming a monothematic photographer and artist. I have participated in various photography competitions and group exhibitions. At the same time, I organized national photography competitions for the police force in which I served.

Conceiving photography as a state of the art requires a profound understanding of emotions, so much so that while as a photographer I saw and recorded, as an artist I began to penetrate the deeper aspects of human experiences. I like to think that artists are the uncomfortable voices of our consciences, and for this reason I prefer to delve into conceptual themes.

Technically, the school of the great masters of painting, photography, and the artistic avant-garde remain a source of great inspiration today.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

The Photography of Chaos

I create images that alter the perception of reality, considering the intimate and conceptual nature of existence. Each work represents the union between a material reality and its personal representation. Just as matter and life arose from the primordial chaos of creation, so my photography originates from the chaotic elements of the inner universe. I love exploring contexts where the laws of time and space lose their value and consistency and new concepts take shape. The two galleries: "matter" and "concept," though misleading and illusory in their division, are dimensions where I can dare to conceive, blend and hypothesize. With the necessary technique and aesthetics, the creative process is nourished by the wisdom of the past, daily experience, study, experimentation, and imaginary visions. With this work of synthesis, I convey new messages and new points of view. Many works feature a reinterpretation of forms, others their separation or union, and still others a different conception of color, light, and context. Chromatic experimentation and the corruption of styles thus become fundamental. Art, like life, is born from Chaos.

What I obtain are works imbued with a purely metaphysical concept, transcending matter, because reality, for an artist, is only apparent. These images are placed within the context of conceptual, surrealist, and futurist photography, in a sort of temporal continuum between various styles. These are well-known artistic fields, open to multiple interpretations and sensibilities, and where the unconscious prevails over reality. The concepts expressed through the images produced, free from any constraint, range through the interior universe and nourish that Chaos understood as openness and the need for a healthy, liberating contamination. Chaos Photography, as I like to define my photography, is an imaginary universe, located in that middle ground between the material and metaphysical dimensions of existence.

Photography as a decorative object.

The primary function of every art form is to inspire emotion. An emotion that arises in the eyes of the beholder. With the visual arts, of which photography is a part, it is possible to perpetuate this emotion through the physical possession of the work. It's one thing to see a photo on a screen, but quite another to hold it in your hands, enhance it with a beautiful frame, and enjoy it in a public or private setting. Every image reproduced on this site is therefore available for purchase.

Photographs can be printed on various media and sizes and will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Read more.

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