Pictorialism
I always found interesting the Pictorial photos, born in the late nineteenth and the first 20 years of the twentieth century. Often considered only the imitation of photography in painting, I think it was the way to arrive at a concept of modern photography especially thanks to photographers like Steichen.
About Pictorial photos, I am interested in printing techniques, such as prints at bromoil, the Bicromate Gum and Platinum. Of these images I prefer the mellow and dense tone with tonal range from light gray to dark gray.
I worked on some of my own digital photos trying to re-create certain atmospheres. When looking for photos suitable for this processing I used portraits, landscapes and photographs taken during life history re-enachtment where subjects reported visually in the past.
These are some images from this experiment; some of them are processed in a way to get a picture rather evanescent and delicate in other I have accentuated the mess and texture according to my taste.
A special thanks to the following groups of historical re-enactors:
Milizia Paesana di Grugliasco – Compania S. Sebastiano
Gruppo “Amici a Zuccarello”
111° di Linea
Redcoats and Rebels
Picca e Moschetto di Novi Ligure
Gruppo “Amici a Zuccarello”
111° di Linea
Redcoats and Rebels
Picca e Moschetto di Novi Ligure
