Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary prisons) by GB Piranesi was published in 1750 and represents a landmark in the modern view of the world, influencing both Romanticism and Surrealism, with drawings of enormous, dark spaces, "the scenery of his own visions during the delirium of a fever ... vast Gothic halls, ... expressive of enormous power put forth", as Thomas De Quincey wrote in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater.
While it is pointless to try to replicate Piranesi's visions, I try here to capture the feelings he conveys: fear, anguish, bewilderment, darkness, ,...
Needless to say, the places here are not prisons at all.
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Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) (Series)
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2020
Fine Art Photography Awards Nominee in Architecture for "Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary prisons)"
Moscow International Foto Awards honorable mention in Nature-Flowers with the series Wildflowers
Moscow International Foto Awards honorable mention in Fine Art-Portrait with the series Self Portrait
Monovisions Awards -- Honorable Mention in Still Life with Wildflowers
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris -- Bronze in Architecture/Industrial with Here comes the light
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris -- Honorable Mention in Portraiture/Self-portrait with self portrait
International Photo Awards Honorable Mention in Fine Art-Still Life with "On Death"
International Photo Awards Honorable Mention in Analog film-Fine Art with "Dark Valentine"
International Photo Awards Honorable Mention in People-Self portrait with "Confined self-portrait"
ND Awards Honorable Mention in Architecture>Industrial with Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) #15
ND Awards Honorable Mention in Fine Art>Nudes with Nude XXI
Monochrome awards Honorable Mention in Nudes with Pretty girl with a cleaver
Tokyo International Foto Awards - Honorable Mention in Architecture / Industrial with Decommissioned Power Plant
Tokyo International Foto Awards - Honorable Mention in Fine Art / Still Life with Wildflowers
Tokyo International Foto Awards - Honorable Mention in People / Self-Portrait with In Corpore Vili
2020
Fine Art Photography Awards Nominee in Architecture for "Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary prisons)"
Moscow International Foto Awards honorable mention in Nature-Flowers with the series Wildflowers
Moscow International Foto Awards honorable mention in Fine Art-Portrait with the series Self Portrait
Monovisions Awards -- Honorable Mention in Still Life with Wildflowers
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris -- Bronze in Architecture/Industrial with Here comes the light
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris -- Honorable Mention in Portraiture/Self-portrait with self portrait
International Photo Awards Honorable Mention in Fine Art-Still Life with "On Death"
International Photo Awards Honorable Mention in Analog film-Fine Art with "Dark Valentine"
International Photo Awards Honorable Mention in People-Self portrait with "Confined self-portrait"
ND Awards Honorable Mention in Architecture>Industrial with Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) #15
ND Awards Honorable Mention in Fine Art>Nudes with Nude XXI
Monochrome awards Honorable Mention in Nudes with Pretty girl with a cleaver
Tokyo International Foto Awards - Honorable Mention in Architecture / Industrial with Decommissioned Power Plant
Tokyo International Foto Awards - Honorable Mention in Fine Art / Still Life with Wildflowers
Tokyo International Foto Awards - Honorable Mention in People / Self-Portrait with In Corpore Vili
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