Artist Name: Alessio Albi
Artist's Lifetime: 1986 - now
Personal Background: Alessio Albi began his journey in photography when he was 24 years old. Before that, he expressed himself through painting and drawing. Alessio received a degree in Medical Biotechnologies in college. His friends convinced him to try DLSR photography. When he started experimenting with it, he found it to be a great distraction from depression and the daily routine of life.
Style: The style that Alessio Albi incorporates into his photography relies heavily on the atmosphere around him. His photos are usually taken in an environment with natural, dramatic light, although he has recently been experimenting with artificial lighting. Another key characteristic featured in his photos involves his subject’s hair; Albi treats hair as a costume, almost. He weaves it around as a sort of organic, natural frame. Alessio is very influenced by cinematography, music, nature, and astronomy.
Philosophy: Alessio finds basic objects and turns them into a work of art. He finds natural beauties and strives to capture raw emotion from them. In the past, his photos represented difficult times that he was going through in his life. Now, he says that all wants to express beauty through his photos. Alessio experiments with light and colors to obtain that idea.
Influences: This photographer has a wonderful talent that anyone can be inspired by. His work has influenced me to experiment more with location and find a naturally beautiful environment to shoot in. Since I have first found his photography, I have been inspired to take more dramatic and emotional photos. I now want to express myself more through photography and have photos that hold a story behind it or has meaning.
Artist's Lifetime: 1986 - now
Personal Background: Alessio Albi began his journey in photography when he was 24 years old. Before that, he expressed himself through painting and drawing. Alessio received a degree in Medical Biotechnologies in college. His friends convinced him to try DLSR photography. When he started experimenting with it, he found it to be a great distraction from depression and the daily routine of life.
Style: The style that Alessio Albi incorporates into his photography relies heavily on the atmosphere around him. His photos are usually taken in an environment with natural, dramatic light, although he has recently been experimenting with artificial lighting. Another key characteristic featured in his photos involves his subject’s hair; Albi treats hair as a costume, almost. He weaves it around as a sort of organic, natural frame. Alessio is very influenced by cinematography, music, nature, and astronomy.
Philosophy: Alessio finds basic objects and turns them into a work of art. He finds natural beauties and strives to capture raw emotion from them. In the past, his photos represented difficult times that he was going through in his life. Now, he says that all wants to express beauty through his photos. Alessio experiments with light and colors to obtain that idea.
Influences: This photographer has a wonderful talent that anyone can be inspired by. His work has influenced me to experiment more with location and find a naturally beautiful environment to shoot in. Since I have first found his photography, I have been inspired to take more dramatic and emotional photos. I now want to express myself more through photography and have photos that hold a story behind it or has meaning.
Sources: http://www.alessioalbiphotography.com/works-masonry.html#
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFJWsk9viu2/
Compare and Contrast: There were many differences between our photos. The lighting and color was slightly off in all sets except for the last one. I think the last pair is the most similar because of the same white horse and the similar backdrop. The expressions in the photos were also different, but I prefer how my model has more of a youthful, hopeful expression rather than Albi's photos. His models all look distressed and upset. The second set of photos have a difference in the direction that the wind is blowing the hair, but I liked how the head tilt was at the same angle and there was almost the same portion of face showing. Lastly, the first set is quite similar except for the fact that the tree type was slightly different. Albi had a denser tree that made it easier to stand in and have branches frame the face and hair. My model, Maddie, and I tried our best but the branches positioning don't exactly replicate Albi's.
Artist Statement: I had lots of fun recreation these photos. We studied the original artist's photos first so that we knew how to do the positioning, background, etc. Then, we went outside for good natural lighting. It was difficult because it was bitter cold outside and our fingers were numb. I wasn't trying to convey any particular emotion during the shooting, but now that I look at the photos I see a bit of a hopeful theme to the photos in some way. The editing was difficult because I spent a lot of time trying to recreate the colors and lighting of Albi's photos. The best tool for that was Color Match in Photoshop. I had the most fun and triumph taking the photos with the pony because I have known the pony for years and he is a very good model.
Resources: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/behind-the-lens-alessio-albi
http://www.andrewsgibson.com/blog/2013/12/colour-and-light-an-interview-with-portrait-photographer-alessio-albi/
https://phlearn.com/phlearn-interviews-alessio-albi
http://www.alessioalbiphotography.com
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFJWsk9viu2/
Compare and Contrast: There were many differences between our photos. The lighting and color was slightly off in all sets except for the last one. I think the last pair is the most similar because of the same white horse and the similar backdrop. The expressions in the photos were also different, but I prefer how my model has more of a youthful, hopeful expression rather than Albi's photos. His models all look distressed and upset. The second set of photos have a difference in the direction that the wind is blowing the hair, but I liked how the head tilt was at the same angle and there was almost the same portion of face showing. Lastly, the first set is quite similar except for the fact that the tree type was slightly different. Albi had a denser tree that made it easier to stand in and have branches frame the face and hair. My model, Maddie, and I tried our best but the branches positioning don't exactly replicate Albi's.
Artist Statement: I had lots of fun recreation these photos. We studied the original artist's photos first so that we knew how to do the positioning, background, etc. Then, we went outside for good natural lighting. It was difficult because it was bitter cold outside and our fingers were numb. I wasn't trying to convey any particular emotion during the shooting, but now that I look at the photos I see a bit of a hopeful theme to the photos in some way. The editing was difficult because I spent a lot of time trying to recreate the colors and lighting of Albi's photos. The best tool for that was Color Match in Photoshop. I had the most fun and triumph taking the photos with the pony because I have known the pony for years and he is a very good model.
Resources: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/behind-the-lens-alessio-albi
http://www.andrewsgibson.com/blog/2013/12/colour-and-light-an-interview-with-portrait-photographer-alessio-albi/
https://phlearn.com/phlearn-interviews-alessio-albi
http://www.alessioalbiphotography.com