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alessandro schneider final solo photographic exhibit second year diva student april 17th 2012

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introduction palazzi in collaborazione con fua florence università of the arts presenta una mostra fotografica che sara inaugurata il 17 aprile alle alle 18,30 e si protrarrà sino al 24 aprile transizione è un percorso che il giovane fotografo compie attraverso se stesso e che esprime pienamente con le sue fotografie le diverse facce di una stessa persona le possibilità di essere complessi senza dare spazio ai condizionamenti che limitano e bloccano alessandro è entrato in un corridoio stretto dove le sue paure si sono manifestate nell incontro con tutto quello che poteva essere diverso ha iniziato da lì un suo cambiamento anche nel rapporto con gli altri ed è andato ad esplorare la ricchezza di umanità vera che possono trasmettere le persone le più diverse nei loro mutamenti di aspetto e forse d identità si è soffermato e poi è andato avanti con una visione più ampia della realtà con degli scatti fotografici che dimostrano ampiamente la sua bravura nel cogliere attimi di vita pieni di freschezza e di libertà l installazione del tutto particolare delle foto completano lo stile di alessandro un giovane di grande talento palazzi in collaboration with fua florence university of the arts presents a photography exhibition that will be inaugurated on april 17th at 6:30pm and will last until april 24th transition is a part of the journey a stage of the young photograper a stage wherein he understands self and expresses it fully in his work there are so many ways of perceiving ones surroundings some very complex but importantly is the sensitivity to recognize and overcome that which limits and blocks perception alessandro has entered a tunnel ever narrower and fear manifests itself in the confrontation with all that might be labeled different he has begun a change of self and his relation to others he is exploring the richness that mankind can show in images and the diversity of in the change of aspect and perhaps identity he lingered he looked and then he went ahead and created images through the lense and through his mind he now demonstrates fully his capacity to collect life s moments fresh and free everybody is trying to find a way of expressing themselves you may not consider changes i am going through from academics to photographer to be similar to those that occur to my subjects but we all try to express ourselves for who we are i am expressing myself as honestly as i can that has to do with becoming one self an approach to self expression which both my subjects and i are going through instability the stable and unstable there is no absolute state of stability there is only the in between the balancing act of living out the self fully through my projects i explore this exchange for balance as it represents different roles ranging from images one s eyes sees and those the mind can imagine before coming here most of you will not relate personally to the throughout my experience of different from i found that even with changes we can never escape who we truly are we all strive for stability we balance stability and subject matter to catch and direct your attention you should have some sense of anxiety and claustrophobia and then hopefully peace of mind hence the tunnel.

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here we enter before being confronted we feel a slight uneasiness the uneasiness should grow going into and towards the tunnel s exit once past the exit fear and anxiety should be exchanged and one should feel freed and at ease with oneself self expression honest self expression is something we all long for consciously or subconsciously but often fail at for fear or obstacles both mental and social that once overcome bring us ever closer to honest expression alessandro schneider represents cultural intermingling and change half german half italian speaking german and english at home currently living in florence and his life and studies have changed his geography several times through this project alessandro sought to express his own state of permanent change through young men whose life is centred on a ritual of transition between one person and another the subjects of the photos vary from firm in the black and white photos whose subject is an almost imperceptable transformation to the almost dematerialized in the large color photos featuring in their virtual reality a place where if it were to exist they would feel at home Übergang stands for transition in german and it is composed of the words Über and gang Über means over and gang can be a corridor but it also represents a way of walking alessandro expresses himself in his own way through a subject that is not easy to handle and in a very short time he managed to change his photographic language from the photojournalistic to a more artistic one the life of a young and curious individual who finds himself in a permanent transition eva sauer diva photography instructor special project curator for any photographer creating a body of work in a determined period of time can shake the mind it can change the way one sees forever the challenge is how to create interesting and compelling photographs that serve many purposes on many levels as with art in general there is no specific recipe or approach however when you scan the photography field you ll discover some basic angles that might inspire you to go beyond creating a single photograph and come up with a body of work a body of work that inspires the viewers to take a second look ask important questions and hopefully walk away wanting to see more alessandro schneider a second year photography student from digital imaging and visual arts at florence university of the arts has taken the photographic medium and used it to walk himself through a journey along the way he discovered just as much about himself as well as his subjects starting with an internal concept desire and interest and discovering that elements happen beyond a single layer alessandro was able to transform both information and feeling into something beautiful and respectful david weiss department chair diva

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mirage summer digital print media from digital file camera 160cm x 1120cm

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mirage summer digital print media from digital file camera 160cm x 1120cm

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dayana original doll digital print media from digital file camera 160cm x 1120cm

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double ronnie digital print media from digital file camera 160cm x 1120cm

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alessio dayana cosma cosma 2

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chicco chicco 2 alessandro alessandro 2

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