4 Secondi
When I exhibited the "4 seconds" series, I was fixated on how someone's point of view changes their perception of reality. For instance, how does a child feel, in his stroller, dodging a mass of legs without a steering wheel between his hands? How does a stray dog feel within the same forest of legs? And how does this feel? And how does that feel? Well, this is the idea. The point of view of things. I swear this wasn't easy. It seems strange but behind the photos in the exhibit went tons of research, tons of work and tons and tons of waste. In the end, I realized that static objects, except in rare cases, don't have interesting points of view photographically. Let me explain. A column in Piazza Michelangelo would certainly enjoy a nice point of view, a beautiful panorama of Florence, but a little too over-used. A traffic light at an intersection at most would be boring. But, a windshield of a car launched at 100 mph at night?! And at the same time, a car window focuses in on Manhattan? A shopping cart in a supermarket? Well, ladies and gentlemen, transform yourselves as you take in the photos of this exhibit. For how long? Just 4 Seconds... ...the time in which the eye, amazed by what the camera illlustrated, was open to make the impressions that were frozen in time for this show.
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