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FINE ART IMAGES FINE ART IMAGES FINE ART IMAGES [email protected] www.DianeEpsteinPhotography.com Tel: U.S. to Italy toll free: 415.366.7354 Cell in Italy: (+39)340.563.5993 Cell while in U.S: 973.204.4272 Via S. Agata dei Goti, 14 Rome, Italy 00184 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS The Residence of the Belgian Ambassador to Italy, Rome, Roma Autentica | May 2005 John Cabot University, Rome, Roma Autentica | May - June 2005 Museum at Palazzo Boccarini, Amelia, Umbria, Le Foto di Diane Epstein | June 2005 Bottega del Caffe’, Rome, Intime Immagini della Citta’ Eterna | December 2005 – February 2006 American Academy, Rome, Through the Eyes of Women (Group Show) | May 2006 American Embassy, Rome, Solo Exhibition of Diane Epstein’s Latest Works | October - November 2009 Paolo Antonacci Gallery, Rome, La Roma di Diane Epstein | May – September 2010 Gerald Bland Gallery, New York, Italy: Beneath the Surface | October - November 2010 Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington, DC, Italy: Beneath the Surface | November – Dec. 2010 Panoptican Gallery, Boston, Photography Salon (Group Show) | May 2011 Paolo Antonacci Gallery, Rome, Capturing the Timelessness of Venice, Rome & the Italian Countryside | September – October 2011 Gerald Bland Gallery, New Yiork, Angels, Godesses and the Spirit of Italy | December 2011 - February 2012 SELECTED INSTALLATIONS Hotel Babuino 181, Rome, Sixteen 6 ft. fresco photographs for lobby and suites and twelve architectural details | February 2010 Hotel Margutta 54, Rome , 7 ft. high fresco photograph for the hotel entrance | April 2010 Sheraton Hotel, Rome, Four 6 ft. large-scale architectural images for the public space. | September 2011 Ceasar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Large-scale fresco photograph for the public space. | June 2012 Rome Luxury Suites, Babuino 35, Rome, Large-scale 26 ft. long collage with 320 images inlaid in the wall of the lobby, and twelve 6 ft. high fresco photographs in each of the suites. | December 2012 EDUCATION John F. Kennedy University | Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology | Graduated with honors, 1983 Sonoma State University | Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts | Graduated with honors, 1979 FINE ART IMAGES Artist’s Statement The “fresco photographs” that define my work are created by superimposing multi-dimensional photographic images of Renaissance and Ancient architecture, sculptural details, illumination and the natural form, which are intertwined with crumbling walls and rich surfaces. My creative impulse is to develop multiple perspectives, and get inside the beauty of decay, deep within the crackling surfaces, monumental lines and sculptural curves, peering through the veil of the apparent, going beyond our preconceived notions to use our imagination in the quest of a new way of seeing. Exploring the world has been part of my artistic persona. My family left New York, where I was born, and crossed the country to fulfill the dream to live in California. After a decade this adventurous spirit was still in evidence as we moved to London during my adolescence. I then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, and, after graduate school, spent a year in Santa Fe, where my passion for photography began to grow and take shape. Since 1995 my career as a fine-art photographer has been based in Rome. Italy has been the inspiration for my work. I aim to capture the light and grandeur, yet at the same time honor the imperfections, the grit, the reality of degeneration. My explorations have focused on Rome, Venice, and the Italian countryside, but Istanbul, Paris, New York, and various other places are also in the picture. My photographic palette is attuned to the stratified depths of my surroundings. Whether wiith the rich tones of terracotta or the more subtle monochromatic hues of misty blues and greens, I create overlays to capture the timeless beauty of hilltowns, sacred sites, and old world cities. Each monument, cityscape or natural element remains integral, but their textured patinas and sensual contours fuse into a multi-dimentional tapestry in which they are juxtaposed and merged with varying degrees of opacity and translucence. These age-old elements evoke the inextricable link of the fragile and the eternal. Angels, Goddesses and the Spirit of Italy FINE ART IMAGES Angels, Goddesses and the Spirit of Italy The eternal spirit lives amongst the streets of Rome and all throughout Italy. You can see it in the grandeur of the statues and angels that hover above us. Ageless, timeless, breathless. Standing on the Ponte Sant’Angelo across from the castle with a row of Bernini figures towering over the bridge -- it seems to put one’s size, age and relevance in perspective. I look upward waiting for a bird to spread its wings at the same angle as my chosen angel. Pazienza is what is required, waiting patiently for the light, allowing things to come to you in their own time. I wander into a cloister and I’m moved by a dreaming female with sculpted hair, tears on her tranquil visage, and to the hill town of Frascati, into the secret gardens of Villa Aldobrandini, transfixed by the exposed, exquisite feminine form, with folded robes barely covering her. It is the respect for the ageless beauty that reminds me to focus on what is real, what is substantial enough to endure. This propels me to try and create something that speaks to the height, depth and breath of these elements, and to take notice of the angels and goddesses that surround us. It has always been my artistic challenge and purpose to inspire others to view la Citta’ Eterna in a new way -- to portray her classic harmony and authenticity, to reveal her infinite layers so that one can touch her texture, feel her golden glow, be in her presence. After almost two decades of roaming the back alleys and hidden treasures of Rome and beyond, I can still turn a corner and be surprised by her architectural genius, the shape of her arches and cupolas, and the sheer inconceivable notion that she still stands, sometimes in ruins, with her intensely hued crumbling walls and stratified depth of being. The following fresco photographs by Diane Epstein were exhibited at the Gerald Bland Gallery on Madison Avenue in New York. Angels, Goddesses and the Spirit of Italy FINE ART IMAGES Angels, Goddesses and the Spirit of Italy FINE ART IMAGES Pantheon Dome (misty blue) 2009 Rome Angels, Goddesses and the Spirit of Italy FINE ART IMAGES Looking Towards the Light - S. Maria Sopra Minerva 2011 Rome Contemplation 2011 Venice Angels, Goddesses and the Spirit of Italy FINE ART IMAGES Holding the Spirit 2011 Venice Angels, Goddesses and the Spirit of Italy FINE ART IMAGES Light Beam - Santa Maria Sopra Minerva 2011 Rome Angel wtih Rope (blue) 2009 Rome Angels, Goddesses and the Spirit of Italy FINE ART IMAGES Female Torso in Water 2011 Rome Draped Torso - Villa Aldobrandini 2010 Frascati Angels, Goddesses and the Spirit of Italy FINE ART IMAGES Feminine Archetype - Santa Maria Sopra Minerva 2011 Rome Angels, Goddesses and the Spirit of Italy FINE ART IMAGES Angel with Bird - Castel St. Angelo 2009 Rome Dreamer’s Tears 2010 Rome Angels, Goddesses and the Spirit of Italy FINE ART IMAGES Vivid Dreamer - Cortile San Silverstro 2011 Rome Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside In Italy not only are there are civilizaitions that have lived beneath the surface, with millennia of ruins buried underground, but also in the environment surrounding us: from the patina of the walls to the antiquity of the 2000 year old olive groves, offering a marvelous landscape from which to create new depth and innovative interpretation. Strolling along the canals in the mist of dawn or at the golden hour of dusk, mesmerized by the myriad reflections, I am transported to a place where cars do not exist, boats abound, and water rules. Hearing the sound of the click, clacking of human movements over quaint bridges, the church bells ringing, I go up and down over the curved stairs and through the maze. Then suddenly an opening, a view of the Grand Canal appears. Bursting forth, as if to say, “Wake Up World”, listen. I do not know how long I will be here, so pay attention, find the magic in this moment. As if life in all its splendor and decay were one, there to be absorbed, begging you not to turn away, but to accept that we will not be here forever, that demise could be around the corner. We must play at the art of life. Explore, take in the vistas, adorn yourself with whatever costume or creation fits your soul’s yearning, maneuver the unchartered labyrinth with as much grace as you can find, get involved in that which you love, become the artist within, get lost and then find yourself -- discover a greater depth of feeling and purpose that resonates with your own creative vision. Look for the beauty, the spark, the mystery of life. This following work was featured as a solo exhibition at the Paolo Antonacci Gallery in Rome. Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Foggy Ragusa 2009 Sicily Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Canal Bridge in the Rain 2011 Venice Blue Canal 2011 Venice Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Venice Fog 2011 Venice Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Serenade at Dawn 2011 Venice Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Quintessentai Canal 2011 Venice Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Cupola Up Close - Santa Maria della Salute 2011 Venice Kaleidoscopic Canal 2011 Venice Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Roman Landing (steel blue) 2008 Rome Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Quintessentai Canal 2011 Venice Ragusa at Dawn (misty green) 2011 Sicily Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Albero Antico 2010 Sabina, Lazio Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside FINE ART IMAGES Gnarly Olive Tree 2010 Sabina, Lazio Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Cityscapes & Roman Monuments It has always been my artistic challenge and purpose to inspire others to view La Citta’ Eterna in a new way -- to portray her ancient beauty and authenticity, to reveal her infinite depth, so that one can touch her texture, feel her glow, be in her presence. After almost two decades of roaming the back alleys and hidden treasures of Rome I can still turn a corner and be surprised by her architectural genius, the shape of her arches and cupolas and the sheer inconceivable notion that she still stands, sometimes in ruins, with her intensely hued crumbling walls, and her stratified depth of being. Whether I am shooting from a rickety old city bus out the gritty window toward the Colosseum in a torrential rainstorm, or from the tranquility of the terrace of the Belgian Ambassador’s residence overlooking the Forum, I feel blessed as I continue my endeavor to capture this enchanting city while finding and exposing the most unique, multi-dimensional perspective as possible. The following work was a solo exhibition at the Paolo Antonacci Gallery as well as featured in their permanent collection in the Rome Luxury Suites. Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Ponte Cestio at Sunset 2009 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Ponte Cestio (vertical) 2010 Rome Piazza di Spagna (golden) 2010 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Caput Mundi - Forum Sky 2005, Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Chiesa del Santi Luca e Martina - Roman Landscape 2009 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Coliseum Storm 2010 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Teatro Marcello 2011 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Babuino Statue with Bicycle 2009 Rome Trajans Forum 2010 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES St. Peter’s Basillica Between the Columns 2009 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES San Pietro (burnt sienna) 2009 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Coliseum (burnt sienna) 2009 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Pantheon Dome (terracotta) 2009 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Teatro Marcello (burnt sienna) 2009 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES Monti View 2010 Rome Cityscapes & Roman Monuments FINE ART IMAGES St. Peter’s at a distance (amber columns) 2010 Rome Santa Maria del Popolo 2009 Rome Still Life & Nature / Fruits and Vegetables FINE ART IMAGES Still Life & Nature / Fruits & Vegetables These photographs are a study of texture, shape and color. Using fruit and vegetables as symbolic gestures, I endeavor to transform the freshness and exquisite beauty of the natural gifts I partake in everyday into representations of form as well as substance. The intricate design of the artichoke, the sweet richness of the tomato, the brilliant delicacy of the zucchini flower, the fresh zest of the lemon, and the essential boldness of the garlic and hot peppers all contribute to a deep, fulfilling Italian scene. A still life, yes, but also a vivid sensation that speaks of an entire culture, turning culinary passion into art and truly honoring those things that grow and sustain us. This series was shown at the Paolo Antonacci Gallery and at the American Embassy in Rome. Still Life & Nature / Fruits and Vegetables FINE ART IMAGES Still Life & Nature / Fruits and Vegetables FINE ART IMAGES Carclofi 2009 Rome Limoni 2009 Rome Still Life & Nature / Fruits and Vegetables FINE ART IMAGES Flori di zucca 2009 Rome Pomodori 2009 Rome Still Life & Nature / Fruits and Vegetables FINE ART IMAGES Agilo 2009 Rome Pere 2009 Rome Still Life & Nature / Fruits and Vegetables FINE ART IMAGES Mele 2009 Rome Piselli 2009 Rome FINE ART IMAGES The following are suggested exhibitions that can be curated with the galllery, museum, or as part of a public space installation: Shades of White Across America Large-scale Collage Installations Architecture, Illumination and the Human Form - This exhibition would include a combination of photographic bodies of work that have already been developed as well as contemporary works in progress. Shades of White FINE ART IMAGES Shades of White Without abandoning my original signature “fresco photography” style, with this body of work I am exploring new dimensions of light, shadow and space. I have been influenced by abstract figurative painting, as I experiment with the depths of more subtle monochromatic hues and delicate white-on-white images. I reach to make visible the absence that takes me deeper inside, to a meditative, dreamlike, sensual place -- to the openness and color of empty space. My aim is to convey a contemporary, visually poetic interpretation, with neutral textural surfaces juxtaposed with an overlay of shape, form, contour, architectural line and sensual, scuptural curves, allowing each to emerge beneath the surface. Shades of White FINE ART IMAGES Manhattann Bridge Beyond the Tree 2012 New York Shades of White FINE ART IMAGES Hip 2012 Rome Derriere 2012 Rome Shades of White FINE ART IMAGES Male Torso 2012 Rome Shades of White FINE ART IMAGES Arch at Washington Square Gardens 2012 New York Shades of White FINE ART IMAGES Crossed Legs 2012 Rome Figure between Figure 2012 Rome Shades of White FINE ART IMAGES Coliseum in Light 2012 Rome Large-Scale Collage Installations FINE ART IMAGES Across America Although I grew up in various places in America -- from New York to California, with a sojourn in Santa Fe, I have chosen to live in Italy for nearly 20 years, and perhaps with this long range perspective, I view my native country through a nostalgic, romantic lens. I seek to express the surreal, ephemeral, transcendent state I often experience while taking photographs. More of an observer than an insider, nevertheless my heart still feels firmly rooted in this wide open land. My purpose is to capture the wonders of America and to preserve its genius, diversity, and myriad impressions, to show reverence for and share the juxtaposition of its cities, seas, mountains and deserts. Perhaps I include the softness of the green-blue elements, like the ocean that surrounds us, to tie together the immensity of the New York skyline, the magic of the Golden Gate, the whimsy of the Florida coastline, the brilliance of the Colorado mountains and the architectural ingenuity of a railway station in DC. and surreal bareness of the New Mexican desert on fire. I reflect on the sun’s rays on low lying clouds, examining the landscape and cityscape as if I were a child in wonder -- and still, with a familiarity that remains and gives me the inspiration to continue on my adventure. These wonders speak of soft blue dawns and misty twilights, aquatic horizons, abandonment and freedom, connected by strong bridges, railways, and endless skies, with the scent of fog and smoke and radiant sea air. The challenge is always to find a place of stillness and focus while on the road -- to bring new meaning, depth and expression to these iconic, yet majestic landmarks, as I share this journey across America. Across America FINE ART IMAGES The Statue of Liberty in the Fog 2012 New York City Across America FINE ART IMAGES High Line Skyline 2012 New York City Across America FINE ART IMAGES Georgetown University Spring Blossoms 2011 Washington D.C. Above the Golden Gate 2012 San Francisco Across America FINE ART IMAGES South Beach Amour 2012 Florida Across America FINE ART IMAGES South Beach Sky 2012 Florida Across America FINE ART IMAGES Barn on the Road 2012 Silverton Across America FINE ART IMAGES Across the Golden Gate 2012 San Francisco Bay Area Across America FINE ART IMAGES Railway Blues 2011 Philadelphia Washington Square Arch 2012 New York City Across America FINE ART IMAGES Union Station 2012 Washington D.C. Across America FINE ART IMAGES L.A. Girl in a Pink Dress 2012 Santa Monica Seashore Across America FINE ART IMAGES Dairy Queen 2012 Santa Fe to Taos Large-Scale Collage Installations FINE ART IMAGES Large-Scale Collage Installations The ancient walls and rich surfaces, combined with the fresco photography, are superimposed with multi-dimensional photographic images that create large-scale collages. Shown here are close-up views of the warm-hued “Roman Collage,” which include three-hundred and twenty unique images, primarily of crackling walls, interspersed with “fresco photographs” of Roman monuments and statues. The first of this limited edition series has been acquired by Rome Luxury Suites’ new boutique hotel, Babuino 35, located near the Spanish Steps. This particular collage measures eight meters long and is mounted on aluminum backing with a protective coating and inlaid in the wall of their lobby. The cooler hued collage, “Italian Blue Shapes,” depicts the blue and green elements of Rome and Southern Italy. Large-Scale Collage Installations FINE ART IMAGES Collage - Golden Fountain 2012 Large-Scale Collage Installations FINE ART IMAGES Roman Collage Close-up (St. Peter’s) 2012 Large-Scale Collage Installations FINE ART IMAGES Roman Collage Close-up (Coliseum) 2012 Large-Scale Collage Installations FINE ART IMAGES Collage - Across America East 2012 Large-Scale Collage Installations FINE ART IMAGES Collage - Across America West 2012 Large-Scale Collage Installations FINE ART IMAGES Collage - Italian Blue Shapes 2012 Large-Scale Collage Installations FINE ART IMAGES FINE ART IMAGES [email protected] www.DianeEpsteinPhotography.com Tel: U.S. to Italy toll free: 415.366.7354 Cell in Italy: (+39)340.563.5993 Cell while in U.S: 973.204.4272 Via S. Agata dei Goti, 14 Rome, Italy 00184
