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PAOLO ALDI
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FLUCTUATIONS
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Paolo Aldi (Rovereto
1955) began to work as a photojournalist in 1974. During the first years he
devoted himself to interdisciplinary learning, where he showed a particular
interest in pinhole photography. In 1988, he decided to focus on the study of
laboratory experiences, which led him to rediscovering the ancient techniques
of photo printing, and especially gum bichromate and Kallitype process. After
seven years as the president of the Trentino Region Professional Photographers,
in 1995 he started to study the use of infrared film, especially in
portraiture. Later he began a regular exhibition schedule and started teaching
darkroom techniques mainly. In 1999 he was the co-founder of the Galleria Museo
dell'Arte della Stampa (GAMS) and in charge of the photographic sector. Then he
resumed pinhole photography and devoted himself to its regular testing and use.
In 2001 he started producing HAL, a special handmade pinhole camera made
of cherry wood.
Fluctuations is a historical work
(collected in a book published by Stella), in which the b&w nudes, created
by using infrared film, seem to be hovering in the air. The careful choice of
their composition is aiming at the suggestions and the charms of the body, as
well as at movement and time running slow.
According to the Author, these are “images
of the visual, emotional, intellectual sway we are plunged in, and which we
cannot express with appropriate words and concepts. They make the mystery,
hidden in the body as well as in the looking eye, visible."
Website : www.fotopaoloaldi.it
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