A visual poet - Pasquale Autorino
Pasquale Autorino is an Italian photographer - visual poet. Aesthetically sensitive and visually pleasing photographs creates an intimate connection between the image and the viewer. His photographs are noted with mysticism and crispness, which arouses curiosity and at the same time generates peaceful feeling while gazing at the pictures. In this interview we aim to get to know Pasquale Autorino as a curator, to understand the features of his creative photographs, his unique aesthetics.
Hi Pasquale, when we firstly saw your photographs we've got captivated by the mood and the feelings and we've wondered how could you describe yourself? What captivates and shakes you and your inner world, that gives impact or idea for your creativity?
I am a very sensitive person to the surrounding world. This peculiarity has allowed me to undertake an introspective and cognitive journey of myself, making me investigate the depths of my depth. I believe I am united to undertake this path because of the melancholy tendency that characterizes myself.
Do you think that inspiration easily comes and goes? How do you deal with that and does it takes time to create a shot that you are satisfied with? Could you describe your creation process and what are you looking for in it?
It is difficult for me to be able to contextualize the trigger point of my creativity. Each of my shots emerges from the idea that I draw from the observation of different factors. It can all come from a dream, from a face crossed on the street or from a location able to make me imagine scenarios, stories and abstract events. Creativity does not possess constancy but is allocated in isolated periods that rediscover concreteness in the unconscious.
After looking at your work, we've started to feel a bit of melancholy, a dash of poetry in your works. What do you think the viewer should feel while looking at your works or what he / she should see? What do you want them to see?
I would like individuals to recognize themselves in my stories, so as to feel less alone and more understood. Each of my shots tells the story of suffering and inadequacy, I would like the losers of the Verghian narratives to feel less oppressed and more understood.
Some of your pictures has a sense of intimacy and some of them has incredible perspectives and suddenly the heroes are away. Is there a hero in your work? Or how could you describe the people you are picturing? What are you looking for in a person you want to take a picture of?
The subjects I choose for my shots all have common characteristics even if they are different from each other. I love clear and ethereal skins, fragility, languid looks that hide flashes of impatience. I want to see myself again, even if to a small extent in every shot. I want to be my trademark.
While analyzing your work, we've noticed that you're taking more pictures of boys than girls. What boys has more than girls or vice versa? Do you think men body is more interesting than women? Or maybe it‘s just more easy to work with boys?
I prefer men because I can mirror them more concretely if I often bring back to my models the typical feminine grace and elegance.
Do you describe yourself as a nature person? How do you feel while you're in the nature and what do you look for there? Is it fresh air, sounds or peace?
For me, nature brings back to romance, timeless dimensions, it does not have social and human constructs; It is not subject to temporal contamination. It is aseptic, clean, immobile.
How did you get into photography? And do you think fine art photography has a deeper meaning than fashion photography? Could you imagine yourself as a commercial fashion photographer? Where fashion stands in your life?
I love fashion. My mission is to bring my artistic point of view in the commercial making it less standardized. I consider myself a fashion photographer since I often merge the two areas in my editorials.
Have you ever thought, that you did take a perfect photo? If not - can you imagine and describe one?
I do not contemplate perfection as an ideal, for me beauty lies in the message I communicate. The more perceptible the communication, the more effective the message the more perfect the shot.
Do you think personal life affects your creativity? Can we see some parts of it in your photographs?
Absolutely yes. SIERMOND (name that I gave to my artistic soul) is present in every shot of mine. All my work is the result of an influence suffered during my life. My works grow and change with me.
