Fine Art nominee

In this project, Alberto Alicata, traces the history of photography, image iconic realized by the great masters, resorting to the use of a symbol of contemporary Western culture: Barbie. Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Guy Bourdin, Steven Meisel, Mario Testino are some of the names which Alicata honors, studying carefully chosen shots and recreating a set to measure Barbie rebuilt in detail the limits of the obsessive precision, the original that inspired it, in order to strengthen the authenticity and strength of timeless images, now become part of our visual memory and intended to be timeless. Intuition playful operate this simulation, using one of the most imitated, idolized, collected and studied which is renewed in every historical period, this production puts in a dimension in the making, is intended to be enriched with new images, and more opportunity to quote unexpected suggestions.
The complete series consists of 15 images.

Alberto, was born in Palermo in 1983, graduated at the Scuola Romana di Fotografia e Cinema di Roma​ (School of Photography and Cinema of Rome). Now lives between Sicily and Rome and works as a Fashion, Portraits and Fine Art photographer. His works has been published world wide in magazines such as Wired, theGuardian, Telegraph, Internazionale, CBS, Corriere della Sera, American Photo, Photo.fr, il Fotografo.
In 2015, the MAXXI – National Museum of XXI Century in Rome - chose him along with other 10 young Italians photographer in Italy for a Masterclass with internationally renowded photographer Mustafa Sabbagh. In 2016 won the Professional Staged Category at the Sony World Photography Awards.