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“HUGS” IN THE MAGAZINE ERODOTO 108

by Luca Zampini | Feb 10, 2021 | PUBLICATIONS

“HUGS” on Erodoto 108. But how beautiful this article is?

The storyteller Carlotta Alaura writes about my project dedicated to trees “HUGS. The Tree Calling” as if he had known me forever. A huge thank you to you and to the editorial staff of this compelling cultural magazine for having dedicated a space to this curious “man whispering in the trees”

I leave you with the words of the Director of Herodotus 108, Andrea Semplici, a wonderful man that years ago I was lucky enough to meet on the Pollino during one of my many trips in search of a “hug“:

“Luca, for years, has been approaching, unseeded, large trees. He photographs them, rotates around them and photographs them again and then confuses the images: Luca knows how to portray the soul of the trees”

THE TOP 200 CHOSEN BY ANTONIO CASTELLANA

by Luca Zampini | Jan 2, 2021 | PUBLICATIONS

Happy to have my name included in this wonderful and well-kept catalog of contemporary art, curated by the historian and critic Dr. Antonio Castellana. To him a huge THANK YOU for the invitation and valuable criticism of my work.

THE TOP 200 CHOSEN BY ANTONIO CASTELLANA_web

"PLATANO" E "SOPHORA, SAVORGNANO" chosen by historian and art critic Prof. Antonio Castellana for the catalogue

In the photo the cover of the catalog and the two pages dedicated to me.

See these and other works of my photographic project aimed at trees “HUGS. The Tree Calling” (which I initially called “HUGS”) in the Gallery

“HUGS” ON THE MAGAZINE MADRUGADA

by Luca Zampini | Nov 24, 2020 | PUBLICATIONS

“HUGS” on the magazine Madrugada!

Happy and honored that Madrugada, magazine of the Macondo association, a non-profit organization for the meeting and communication between peoples, has chosen my photos from the project “HUGS. The call of the trees”, which I initially called “HUGS” to support the articles of the number 120, soon to be released.

Below is the PDF that the editorial staff kindly provided me with, and the photos they selected.

MADRUGADA 120

MY TREES ON “FOTOIT”

by Luca Zampini | Nov 10, 2020 | PUBLICATIONS

My trees on Fotoit, monthly magazine of FIAF (Italian Federation of Photographic Associations). How exciting!

FOTOIT, the official organ of FIAF , the largest association in the sector in Italy.
I have been part of this great family since 2009, with pleasure and pride. In the May 2020 issue I was surprised to find this wonderful article dedicated to my project on trees “HUGS. The Tree Calling” (project that I initially called “HUGS”, as later reported in the article).

The article reports my work as an example of a project in preparation for the national photographic project AMBIENTE CLIMA FUTURO (national project 2020-2022).

The subtitle is: Let’s start from nature, “HUGS” by Luca Zampini

A huge thank you to the editorial staff of FOTOIT and Piera Cavalieri for the beautiful thoughts she expressed.

Click on the pages to enlarge them or see these and other works in my photo gallery

THEY WROTE ABOUT ME

by Luca Zampini | Jan 27, 2018 | PUBLICATIONS

They wrote about me or, better, the poet Lucia Boni wrote for me this wonderful text as an introduction to my first solo show at the Galleria del Carbone in Ferrara…

TREES – Alberi. Introduction by the poet Lucia Boni

KNOWING TO LOVE AND LOVING TO KNOW

[…] Those who decide to devote their attention to the tree, must be attracted to it, there must have already been a falling in love and this happens by nature, already from childhood. You are arranged, like the spectator in the theater in front of an actual show, ready to get involved until you become an integral part of it, with your breath inside the breath of the actor […]

Luca Zampini, stands precisely with this attitude of respect, in the relationship with the subject of his representations. The scene of his photographs, lived from afar or more closely, around and next to it, below and in front is space to travel, to live, to wrap. Only in this way will the image that Luke recreates not represent the appearance of the tree, but its substance itself. What Luca cares about is not the aesthetic effect, but the idea of dedication, the sense of embrace.
Of the trees then resumes the shape, the volume, the shape, the bearing, the flexibility even, one could say, the olfactory essences […]

In the works exhibited at the Galleria del Carbone it is highlighted how the artist can contribute to form and recreate, in this case on the printed surface, a new three-dimensional rarefied. The embrace of the eyes is represented by the overlapping of the different shots, effects of the infinite transformations in the possible points of view, in a single image. The tree is a portrait that becomes an icon, a symbol.
Man identifies himself with the tree, he is reflected in it. On the other hand, the tree identifies itself with man, goes to meet him, looks at him, knows him, questions him and reproaches him. Luca Zampini’s trees hide among their own fronds and expose themselves with their eyes. In both versions they represent life, breathe, above and below the diaphragm of the earth.
Lucia Boni
Ferrara, octobre 2017

Article by journalist Giorgia Mazzotti on www.ferraraitalia.it, Oct 2017
Trees become works of art in the photos of Luca Zampini