Andrea Alessio

Andrea Alessio, San Biagio di Callalta, Italy. (2014 competition)

$600.00
Italian, born 1966
Untitled
2013 (negative); 2014 (print)
Pigment print; edition of 15
From the series Before You, Santa Claus, Life Was Like a Moonless Night

Andrea Alessio was born in Venice and studied there at Ca’ Foscari University. Before focusing his attention on photography, Alessio studied literature and cinema. He currently lives and works in Northern Italy.

In the series Before You, Santa Claus, Life Was Like a Moonless Night, Alessio takes the viewer on his nocturnal wanderings around his hometown. We find ourselves on deserted streets and at the peripheries of settlement, eerily lit by Christmas decorations, streetlamps, or the ambient glow of distant buildings. In Alessio’s pictures, lonely, dark nights are invested with a cinematic sense of enchantment. A selection of images from this series recently appeared as a book by the same title, published by Nazraeli Press.

Alessio’s work has been exhibited at museums in Bergamo and Milan, and has been included in group shows at galleries in New York, San Francisco, and several European cities.

The response to the competition each year has been exciting and brought many talented photographers’ work to the attention of the Museum’s curatorial staff. With the competition, we have added work of twelve very talented arts both experienced and emerging. Limited edition prints of this photograph are available at a cost of $600.

For more information contact:: Photography Portfolio Competition; The Women’s Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; P.O. Box 7646; Philadelphia, Pa 19101-7646; E-mail: twcpma@philamuseum.org; Telephone: 215-684-7936