LUZ FLAMENCA is my first Fine Art photo book on flamenco dance and aims to bring together a selection of my limited-edition, signed and numbered fine art photographs, which have already been the subject of art exhibitions.
LUZ FLAMENCA is part of a larger project, called “Dancing vulnerability at flamenco tempo“, launched in 2020 and still ongoing, made of photographs taken during live flamenco performances in France and Spain.
A journey that tells of the courage to express one’s own vulnerability and to dance it, to the rhythm of one’s own emotions.
Dance is a means of expression that can channel and free emotions, able of expressing them unfiltered and transmitting them even to those unfamiliar with dance.
An artistic approach which, through dance and photography, highlights the strength inherent in vulnerability, encouraging viewers to engage deeply with their emotions and live authentically.
Flamenco, a traditional dance inscribed on the World Heritage List, expresses itself through improvisation, the spontaneous expression of emotions with intensity, authenticity and strength, without fear of showing one’s own vulnerability.
In a world that encourages us to wear masks to be accepted, to filter our emotions and conform, the aim is to reconnect with ourselves, to look our emotions in the face, to accept our vulnerability and make it our strength.
Each page of this book tells stories of emotions, releasing their light and rhythm to the magical notes of flamenco music: stories of strength, fragility, pain, sensitivity, sensuality, contrast, pride, energy, passion, understanding, change…
All photographs were taken during live flamenco performances between 2020 and 2022.
Thanks to all the artists for their talent and for letting me immortalize their flamenco light.
And thank you to all the theaters, festivals and cultural organizations in France and Spain that have allowed me to capture these photographs.
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