Oliviero Olivieri Photography
I carried an 8by10 to the top of a mountain in Estes Park and never took a Picture. Harry Callahan\. I sympathize with this statement, I feel that the need is to go in search of perfection which is often unobtainable. I guess I’ve shot about 20,000 negatives and of those I have about 100 pictures that I like. What is a good picture? A good picture is made out of how much effort you put in it. But it is always necessary to remember that it is not the camera that takes the picture.
What is the most difficult of all? What seems the easiest to you: to see with your eyes what lies before your eyes. Wolfgang von Goethe.
Ho portato un 8×10 in cima a una montagna a Estes Park e non ho mai scattato una foto. Harry Callahan\. Simpatizzo con questa affermazione, sento che la necessità è quella di andare alla ricerca della perfezione che spesso è irraggiungibile. Immagino di aver scattato circa 20.000 negativi e di questi ho circa 100 foto che mi piacciono. Cos’è una bella foto? Una bella foto è fatta da quanto impegno ci metti. Ma è sempre necessario ricordare che non è la macchina fotografica che scatta la foto.
Qual è la cosa più difficile di tutte? Ciò che ti sembra più facile: vedere con i tuoi occhi ciò che hai davanti agli occhi. Wolfgang von Goethe.
I was born in Cagliari, the main town of Sardinia, “God’s foot in the middle of the Mediterranean sea”. In my teens as soon as I realized that I knew nothing, I felt the urge to go to England with the aim to confront with real art & photography. For the past 35 years I have been exhibiting, publishing, playing, travelling with my photography. My view is that photography is a life savior, if you take it seriously.
In the 1980’s the Central School of art in Holborn “London” was my lab, in which I have printed my first photo story “La piccola Italia” 1989, (Sunday Times Magazine & Peopling Exhibition, Barbican center). Which I consider a photographic baptism. Then I went into the process of learning, working and publish for all the Condè Nast house Magazines, steady contributor of the Traveller Magazine U.K., Travel & Leisure Magazine U.S. & launched and worked for 34 Magazine Istanbul. Currently I am collaborating with Wallpaper Magazine U.K. with a story in episodes, investigating the Rationalist Architecture.
Sardinia has a very strong influence in my work, I am currently developing two major life time projects regarding the island, “Nuraghi” the mysterious towers of Sardinia” & “Carrasecare” The Sardinia festival of Fertility \ Was a major exhibition in the Italian Cultural Institute in London & Wales\ Cardiff “The Other Sardinia” 2012\13 Exhibition.
Work published in the form of books:
Stromboli “Terra degli Uomini” Arcadia 2005.
Bazaars “Vibrant Markets” Novartis 2005.
Anima di Materia In Libia “Ali Wak Wak” Gangemi 2013.
Athos “Il cielo in Terra” Sossella 2018.
Currently, I live in Rome with my family. I work from my studio which I consider my hiding center of creative gravity, in which I play with all the traditional printing techniques. From my studio I also promote my phototours, “Rome & Behond” and I share my collaboration with some of the major international travel companies. Naturally all the time I am depicting the city that adopted me ” Water Giants” “Classics Rome” “Holy Rome”.
I tend to use digital photos, as a picture reminder, just like a picture note book, than I study, and I go back and take real film photos. We are very lucky, we live in a historical moment that allows us to choose \ I am still fond of my little 1960’s Olympus Pen & the 35mm Olympus OM1, plus my dear Mamiya 7 & of course the big Mammas the Gandolfi & Deardorff my large format cameras.
Where you find me:
olivieroolivieri19@gmail.com
Art is a guaranty of sanity. L.B.
Prices: All B&W images are hand printed by me on silver-gelatin fibre based paper, treated with selenium bath for long duration and cleanliness. The following are the sizes available: 20×25\24×30\30×40\50×60. Prices range from €95 t0 € 250 \ All prints are titled & carry a life certificate of authenticity\ all prints are stamped and signed in the bottom right hand corner, printed on a series limited number.
Cyanotype & Van Dyke are contact prints from 5×4 \ 10×8 negatives printed on the very best Fabriano Rosaspina paper \ 5×4 they are only sold on a sequel of 3 prints at €95 \ 10×8 € 100 each.
Prints: are sent in archival sleeve either in a reinforced roll or in a flat box\ shipping prices are at cost dependent on print size and weight.
WHEN PLACING an ORDER , PLEASE INDICATE THE TITLE of the PRINT & the SIZE you would LIKE to RECEIVE. THANK YOU \ GRAZIE.
For any further info & Prints contact:
olivieroolivieri19@gmail.com \ 0039 3473235336
Rome Photo tours & Creative Excursions contact:olivieroolivieri19@gmail.com