Patrizio Cipollini started shooting in 1975 with a borrowed camera and soon learned how to develop B&W films and print photos, both for himself and for other amateur photographers. He bought his first Olympus OM1 camera in 1977. Patrizio shoot, developed, printed and sold his first chronicle/reportage photo to IL TEMPO newspaper in the late 70. Half day working to sell a photo: it was the “analogic B/W era”. Influenced by Fontana’s saturated and minimalist shoots, he started using Kodak Ektachrome 64 slides during the 80s: his ghaphic and colorful compositions earned him several amateur prizes and honorable mentions. Patrizio started his digital-era late, around 2005; at the end of the decade he focused on and experimented the potential of low-resolution cellphone cameras, much before the latest smartphones built-in photo manipulation apps. In 2011 he went back to analogic media, falling in love with old polaroids – both instant (peel-off) and integral (SX-70) processes, and he is now an active member of Polaroiders community (www.polaroiders.it). In 2013 he started workshops on Polaroid history, cameras, shooting, image manipulation and lifting. Several Patrizio’s photos have been published by IL MANIFESTO newspaper. Since November 2013 a selection of Patrizio’s Polaroid Film Lifting have been available at Carlo Gallerati Gallery (Rome, Italy).
Contest & awards:
– 2014 – International photo competition “Transportation 2014″ (New York Center For Photographic Art) – First Place
– 2014 – International photo competition “Monochrome” (Ozone Zone/FIAP patronage 2014/182) – Finalist
– 2015 – Monochrome photography awards 2014 “Abstract” (Monochrome Awards) – Honorable Mention
– 2015 – International photo competition “Wandering Curves 2015″ (New York Center For Photographic Art) – Honorable Mention
Latest Exhibitions:
– 2/28/2011 – 3/19/2011: “Phonaroid – transforming cellphone images into Polaroids”, Blurry Gallery (Rome, Italy)
– 5/2/2011 – 5/18/2011: “City of Glass: New York architecture in its mirrors”, White Bridge Cafe’ (Rome, Italy)
– 5/17/2011: “Phonaroid Redux” Lettere Cafe’ (Rome, Italy)
– 4/25/2012 – 5/16/2012: “Architectural frames and the city”, Citta’ del Gusto-Gambero Rosso (Rome, Italy)
– 2/9/2013 – 2/11/2013: “Vacuum Polaroid – selection” Cremona Art Fair (Cremona, Italy)
– 2/16/2013 – 3/9 2013: “Vacuum Polaroid”, Raffaello Giolli Gallery (Milan, Italy)
– 8/14/2014 – 9/7/2014: “Blue”, Darkroom Gallery (Essex jct., VT, U.S.A.)
– 9/11/2014 – 10/10/2014: “Wheels”, Darkroom Gallery (Essex jct., VT, U.S.A.)
– 9/19/2014 – 9/28/2014: “Transportation”, Site 109 Gallery (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
– 10/11/2014 – 11/10/2014: “The Dark Side – Night Photography”, 1650 Gallery (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
– 10/04/2015 – 13/05/2015: “Impossible – Mosaic”, MIA Fair (Milan, Italy)
workshops held:
2013
- april 13 - history of polaroid, cameras, shooting and image manipulation
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