Giulio Gonella

Inside 4 - Photo by Giulio Gonella - 2020

2020

This beautiful photograph Inside 3 was shot by the Italian photographer Giulio Gonella. Direct print on aluminum from the print series Inside, open edition. Hand-signed by the artis...

This beautiful photograph Inside 5 was shot by the Italian photographer Giulio Gonella. Direct print on aluminum from the print series Inside, open edi...

This beautiful photograph PolaNude 1 was shot by the Italian photographer Giulio Gonella. Print on canvas from the series PolaNudes, open edition. Hand-signed by the artist on the back on the lower right. Indulge in the photographic lens of a man, his gaze, naked. The body that is exposed, however, paradoxically does not emerge, it is not the protagonist. Between the bumps and the fragrant hollows, the “fil...

This beautiful photograph aROUNDme 42 was shot by the Italian photographer Giulio Gonella. Print on hahnemuhle photo rag paper from the series aROUNDme, open edition. Hand-signed by...

Archival pigment print Signed and numbered on label, verso 18 x 12 inches (Edition of 10) 35.5 x 24 inches (Edition of 8) From the series, "Him" This artwork is offered by ClampAr...

"OTHER 01" Black & White Photography 48" x 48" in Ed. of 10 by Giuliano Bekor Archival pigment print Not framed. Ships in tube. Men's - Other Series Intro This series connecting us to nature’s raw materials to create a piece that is organic and pure We put on the mask and the headdress not to hide but to reveal ourselves, to give ourselves the freedom to break with taboo, to transgress, to transform. Referencing ritual and native practices, this collection pays homage to an identity built by reaching into the Other and imbibing cross-cultural forms of self-expression. ABOUT THE ARTIST Internationally recognized photographer, Giuliano Bekor, holds a portfolio that includes work from the realms of fashion, beauty, celebrity, advertising, and fine art. Giuliano’s photography has been featured in top publications around the globe, and his client list includes an endless file of beauty industry leaders, advertising agencies, celebrities, producers, and artists. With 30 years in the industry, Giuliano has perfected his craft to an exceptional level of expertise. Composed of light, color, space and form, Giuliano brings ideas conceptualized in his own imagination into reality throughout his work. Currently living between New York and Los Angeles, Giuliano is often on the move traveling for work and inspiration. Always the restless visionary, he ceases to continually express his fresh and nuanced style. For Giuliano Bekor, a photograph is an image that comes into being consciously, composed of light, color, space and form. Like a painter, he sketches, refining ideas through pen and pencil well before the shutter clicks. A camera is strictly a means to an end, a way of making a palpable visual record of an idea that gestates in his mind, gains shape by his hand, and resolves through his eye as it peers through the lens. His subject is the human body, almost always nude. These images delve into the splendor of the body - how it can express the inner meaning of who we are. Limbs, torsos, muscles and bones are exposed as though carved out of a supple, glowing stone that flexes and twists. Many of these photographs feature subjects posed with the eyes obscured, the face covered. If we look closely, Bekor says, we can see that the body is as much a window into the soul as the eyes. This is a gallery of the soul etched into the forms we assume in the physical world. Through exaggerated contrast between light and dark, smooth and textured, vaporous and tactile, Giuliano deliberately filters the extraneous. The camera captures the image, but for Bekor each exposure is a transformation - of himself, his subjects, and us. He is digging into uneasy turf, fraught with tension: masculine/feminine, heroic/cowardly, shameless/shameful, eternal/fleeting. The intensity of detail, the fiercely exquisite perfection of the bodies themselves, the unflinching, scrupulous engagement of the lens, negates all pretense of politeness. Confronted, we are summoned to look. So we must. And we do. And we experience the beautiful human forms we inhabit and the silent, eloquent language they speak. EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS Giuliano Bekor’s most recent fine art photography solo shows include: 2019 - March Lips The cool HeArt...

"Covid Vanitas: The Pandemic Still Lifes" On the first day of quarantine I began photographing the people-less quiet of a home and studio in isolation. The still lifes are a visual ...

1191, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone From the ONE series Photography and pastel on Hahnemuhle paper Paper size: 225 H x 165 W cm. Printed area: 210 H x 150 W cm. Production time is 2 to 3 ...