43mm Issue 6 from TZIPAC

As it is your work is very interesting
indeed. How would you describe your
work?
The main theme of my current work is
the interpretation of the female figure
in an expressive and pictorial manner
by the transformation of photographs
through detailed digital post productions.
Has your work always been in this type
of format/style? How did you arrive to
this concept and/or story line?
My current art work has its origins
in the drawings and sculpture work
that preceded it. However, when I
first started, the images were quite
photographic, in the early portraits
I was very interested in finding
subjects who had built a strong image
of themselves through the use of
body art work (tattoos, piercings, etc),
clothing, style and make up and I worked
on their expressions and gazes so that
they seemed lost in beautiful dreams, as
if they had transcended worldly pains
and pleasures. As my work progressed
so did my need to create more
expressive images which would have a
stronger effect on the viewer, this in turn
led me to use more post production to
emphasize those character traits, facial
expressions and particular body shapes
that I wanted to emerge.
© Andrea Simoncini