Category : Art Photography inspiration

Art Photography Inspiration: Katherine Mansfield’s Novel “Bliss” comes to mind.

Art Photography Inspiration: Katherine Mansfield’s Novel “Bliss” comes to mind.

Bringing together literature and art photography. The location is in a gorge, in Vulci on the Tuscan - Latium border, that I consider my private Eden. Working on the image later I thought the model looked in a state of bliss and the Mansfield story came to mind. I have read two short stories...

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Art Photography Inspiration – Luxe, Calme et Volupté.

Art Photography Inspiration – Luxe, Calme et Volupté.

Nadia tells her story: "Pleasure is made of simple things. What could perhaps illustrate this best?" The ingredients of a picture: Luxe, Calme et Volupté comes from a line taken from Baudelaire’s poem Invitation du Voyage, but it was a news item about a chocolate confection popular in...

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The inspiration behind art photography. Le Spectre de la Rose.

The inspiration behind art photography. Le Spectre de la Rose.

Poetry,  music and painting,  all converge in this photo-shoot, setting the mood for the final image. This picture had its origins in the sight of a freshly painted blue boat on the shores of Lake Bolsena which reminded me of a painting by Carl Moll, a mysterious, unsettling picture of a blue...

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