Nudes nominee

“Divine Cracks” represents the idealization of the feminine essence as the source of creative rebirth, an ode to woman as her whole: life generator/object of male desire/regent of the universal order. The strong contrast of the print together with the detail of the framing generate an abstraction of the human body, almost as if it were the marble statue of a classical “divinity”. The anatomic detail is subtly revealed within the black of the line confining the erotic tension to an almost subconscious level. The result forms a “crack” in the white idyll of the paper that shatters all certainties of the male universe, a slight discomfort, a faint embarassment... the photographic medium reminds us that everything is real,
attainable, touchable, earthly yet uncanny. The single images don’t bear names, only numbers, making all the subjects equivalent, at the same time different from one another, unique.

Born and raised in Switzerland in the 70’s.
Death metal drummer in the 80’s.
Works in the italian movie industry and studies photography at ICP in New York in the 90’s.
Set photographer, portraits, food, architecture and videocameraman in the 00’s.
Personal and group shows internationally since 1997.
Director of photography for the documentary “HN-Hermann Nitsch" (Best Documentary Audience Award, Beverly Hills Film Festival 2011).
Set photographer for the features “The Black Brothers” (2012) and “Schellen Ursli” (2014) by Academy Award winner Xavier Koller.
“Divine Cracks” won 1st place (gold) in the Fine Art Nudes category at the 2014 Moscow International Foto Awards, 1st place in the Fine Arts category at the 2014 Golden Camera Awards, was Bronze Finalist (3rd place) in the Body Parts category at the 2015 Nude Awards, Finalist in the Abstract and Nudes categories at the 2014 One Eyeland Awards and won Honorable Mentions at the 2014 Monochrome Awards and the 2015 PX3 Awards.
It was on show, between others, at the 2014 "WeArt Festival" in Barcelona and at "Art4porn" in Rome (2014) and Milan (2015).