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€ 800 - 1.200
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€ 600
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At auction on Wednesday 18 June 2025 at 16:00
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cm 35,4 x 27,6 (cm 34 x 22,5 picture) | 14 x 10.9 in. (13.4 x 8.9 in. picture)
Signed, dated and titled in black ink on the white inferior recto margin and dedicated and signed in blue pencil on the verso of the frame
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Vincenzo Castella (Naples 1952) is an author of a thousand interests as evidenced by his degree in Cultural Anthropology. A professional guitarist, director in 1976 of the film “Hammie Nixon's People” shot in the U.S. on blues culture, it is in the field of photography that he establishes himself with cultured references ranging from Paul Strand to James Joyce that guide him in a research on cities such as his native Naples and Milan where he lives. In this role he participated in 1984 with some images of interiors and one of exteriors in the project “Viaggio in Italia,” developing since then an interest in urban space that characterizes the most recent works exhibited in international exhibitions published in books and magazines.
These two views of Naples well explain the expressive approach that characterizes Vincenzo Castella's vision. The outdoor shot is all played out on perspective planes: the first, that of the terrace surrounded by a wall, brings us closer to the statue that stands almost in the void and reminds us of the rock that emerges from the sea caressed by the froth of the waves crashing against it. It is Castella himself who reminds us that panoramas of this kind do not correspond to the movements of the eye because visions like his must be lucidly aseptic. The second photograph presented here is also indicative of another aspect dear to the photographer: the lighting. This enriches the subject-in this case, a simple wall from which three framed images hang awkwardly exposed - not because it is illuminated, but because it is observed from a new angle.
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