Lorenzo Vitali | biography
Born in Milan , the city where he lives and works. A doctor by profession and a photographer with great dedication, his works have been published in many magazines in Italy and abroad and have won numerous international awards. He has presented his main projects in personal and collective exhibitions.
Strangerland
Matching silence with rationality, color with too long shadows, contradicting the laws of perspective by going beyond reality.Waking up in a remote village in the middle of a flat plain. Asking oneself if in that place people’s lives flow as elsewhere on earth or if here time follows a measure unknown to us: a dilated measure, irregularly divided into unequal fractions that never repeat themselves. An arrhythmic succession of interrupted pauses. Walking along streets that indicate temporary paths waiting for non-existent goals, changing and deceptive lights in search of something that has been in us for an ancient time. Classic shapes are transformed into masses of calm colors, which stretch, low and immovable, along a false horizon that dies moment by moment.
These images were taken in the town of Tresigallo in the province of Ferrara, whose construction by the architect Rossoni, in the 1930s, constituted an experiment in rationalist architecture. There is a metaphysical atmosphere that is well linked to that historical period. I wanted to recreate the spirit of that era in my image. The style I chose is illustrative and the images were digitally enhanced in order to obtain a metaphysical effect through color and the distribution of volumes.
Exhibition – Awards – Publications
2024
–They Have Gone: Silver Winner at MUSE Photography Award in Fine Art Architecture
–They Have Gone: Gold Winner at Tokyo International Photo Awards in Fine Art Landscape
– New York Blues published in Spectaculum Magazione
2023
-They Have Gone: Silver Winner at New York Photography Awards
–Exhibition-installation They Have Gone, curated by Paola Riccardi, Aranciaia, MUPAC, Colorno. PR within Colornophotolife
– Strangerland (An arrhythmic succession of interrupted pauses): it was Gold Winner at MUSE Photography Awards and Gold Winner in London Photography Awards
– Signs of Spirituality (Another Spirituality): Gold Winner at MUSE Photography Awards, Silver Winner at New York Awards and it also received Honorable Mention at London Photography Awards, at European Photography Awards and at Monovisions B&W Awards
– Dazzling Light: third prize at the IPA and at Fine Art Photography Awards
– The Comacchio valleys: published in L’Oeil de la Photographie and it also received Honorable Mention at at PX3 Paris
– The shape and the shadow published in The Pictorial List
–They have gone: published in L’Oeil de la Photographie and in The Pictorial List
– The Hues of Shape: published in Spectaculum Magazine.
– The Heap of the Past: published in L’Oeil de la Photographie
– Strangerland (An arrhythmic succession of interrupted pauses): published in Glamour Affair Visions.
2022
– Strangerland (An arrhythmic succession of interrupted pauses) published in L’Oeil de la Photographie on Avril 2022 and it was also published on July 2022 in The Pictorial List accompanied by an interview of the author. Awards: In November 2022 it was Gold Star at ND Awards and also Silver Winner at Budapest International Photo Awards. August 2022, Silver Winner at PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris. December 2022 Bronze Winner in Tokyo International Photo Awards and received also: Nomination at Fine Art Photography Awards 8 and a Honorable Mention at European Photography Awards. September 2022, Honorable Mention at International Photography Awards.
– The memory of the female body: was published in L’Oeil de la Photographie, February 2022. The work was also published on Avril 2022 in The Pictorial List accompanied by an interview with the author and a reel. The work was published in Il Fotografo N. 336 (May 2022). The work also received: Nomination from Fine Art Photography Awards 8, Honorable Mention from London Photography Awards, Honorable Mention from European Photography Awards, Honorable Mention at International Photography Awards.
– Milan: Before and after the pandemic: this work has been selected for ARCHIVIO MOBILE ITALIANO (AMI) project
– What should thy sons do, Venice? Nomination at Fine Art Photography Award 8 and Honorable Mentions at Monovisions Photography Awards.
– On the Road: Honorable Mention at Monovisions Photography Awards.
– Body Emotions: Honorable Mention at New York Photography Awards.
– Another Kind of Spirituality: published in L’Oeil de la Photographie and in Spectaculum Magazine.
2021
– Ideal City: exhibited in the Ideal Reopening-OFF circuit (Ferrara)
– The Shape and the Shadow: Honorable Mention at MonoVisions.
– What should thy sons do, Venice? : Honorable Mention at PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris.
– The memory of the female body – archetype of beauty: Silver Winner from New York Photography Awards.