Alessio Albi
Alessio Albi is an Italian photographer. He was born in Perugia Italy, 1986, making him 36-years-old. Albi began his career with a degree in Medical Biotechnics, and three years working as a Nutritionist. However, that life didn't suit him well, and he discovered photography and made it his main job in 2015. Now, he specializes in commercial, fashion, and portrait photography.
Many of Albi's photographs feature young women, though there are a number that feature men as well. A number — maybe half of his photographs of the young women — involve them interacting with water in some way, while the others seem to be of them lounging about in comfortable environments like chairs and beds. Albi's photographs seem to be attempting to capture the beauty of women in different settings, be that enjoying themselves in and near the water or indoors with beams of sunlight shining on them. His work seems to be fairly majestic in style, and tends to show scenes of beauty, and has been described as "dramatic, haunting, yet utterly gorgeous".
All of Albi's photographs are centered on people, mostly on young women, and he's said that photography was like therapy to him, that he was anxious about most of the aspects of his life, while photography was his escape from reality. Albi likes to "let his pictures do the talking", and so when coming up with ideas for titles to his pieces, he doesn't go with anything particularly bold or flashy, often dealing with simple, one word titles. Albi began taking photos when he was suffering from depression as an outlet for all of his feelings, and that definitely comes across in his photographs, often showing one or two subjects isolated within the frame, with no sign of life around them for miles.
Albi began taking photos as a way to cope with his depression, and has been influenced by the media he watches and listens to as well, stating such inspirations as people like Natalie Portman and Tilda Swinton, actresses whose performances set the creative cogs in his mind a-whirr. I haven't really ever been influenced by Albi to take portrait photos — mostly because I wasn't aware that his photos existed.
Many of Albi's photographs feature young women, though there are a number that feature men as well. A number — maybe half of his photographs of the young women — involve them interacting with water in some way, while the others seem to be of them lounging about in comfortable environments like chairs and beds. Albi's photographs seem to be attempting to capture the beauty of women in different settings, be that enjoying themselves in and near the water or indoors with beams of sunlight shining on them. His work seems to be fairly majestic in style, and tends to show scenes of beauty, and has been described as "dramatic, haunting, yet utterly gorgeous".
All of Albi's photographs are centered on people, mostly on young women, and he's said that photography was like therapy to him, that he was anxious about most of the aspects of his life, while photography was his escape from reality. Albi likes to "let his pictures do the talking", and so when coming up with ideas for titles to his pieces, he doesn't go with anything particularly bold or flashy, often dealing with simple, one word titles. Albi began taking photos when he was suffering from depression as an outlet for all of his feelings, and that definitely comes across in his photographs, often showing one or two subjects isolated within the frame, with no sign of life around them for miles.
Albi began taking photos as a way to cope with his depression, and has been influenced by the media he watches and listens to as well, stating such inspirations as people like Natalie Portman and Tilda Swinton, actresses whose performances set the creative cogs in his mind a-whirr. I haven't really ever been influenced by Albi to take portrait photos — mostly because I wasn't aware that his photos existed.
This photo was likely the most difficult of the bunch to take, mostly because I don't have any rooms that I could take this photo in with the same wall color or lighting. I'm also not really comfortable with taking photos of myself in my underwear. I decided to take the photo in my hallway, since it has the most similar surrounds and light, but even then, the color wasn't perfect: I don't have the same hair or skin-tone as the subject of Albi's photo, and the background was too busy for it to be an accurate recreation. So, I had to erase the background and replace it with a bit of a gradient. It isn't the best recreation, or the best photo, but it's alright as an emulation of Albi's style, I think.
When taking this photo, there wasn't much that Willow or I could do to get the pictures the same. I do not live near mountains, nor do I own a camper-van. However, we did our best to emulate the feeling of the piece. I think this photo is trying to express the loneliness of what's inside of the camper-van and the longing to be out in the world, and I think my decisions with the lighting helped to emulate that idea. In order to do so, I put the photo into Photoshop and turned the contrast all the way up, then added a darken layer around the edges to make the room feel darker.
This photo was actually the easiest photo of the bunch to take, because there isn't much editing that needed to happen in order to replicate the look and feel of the picture. I simply needed to get a black dress, boots, and take the photo in a parking structure. I ended up going to a nearby library instead, but the photo was already a pretty good replica of the original. All I needed to do with it in photoshop was add the overhang and give the picture a bit of a purple light, and it was done.
While I've taken photos that were more interesting or fun, I enjoyed taking these as well. They challenged me to take photos in settings and of people who I wouldn't normally have taken photos of. And of course, I never could have taken these photos in the first place without Willow's help. I had a bit of trouble choosing which of Albi's photos to take because most of them weren't the kind of photos that I would want to take. I don't really like portrait photography without some kind of twist to it, but Albi had some photos with a bit of a twist to them, so I used those. I would have taken the ones that have wolves in them, but I doubt I could have gotten my boxer to pose for those without her licking my face. Maybe next time.
Sources:
https://www.imagenationparis.com/alessioalbi
https://www.mondayartists.com/artists/photography/alessio-albi
https://www.adorama.com/alc/through-the-lens-s04e02-alessio-albi/
Photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alessioalbi/32805908124/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alessioalbi/31067268594/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alessioalbi/20553964912/
https://www.imagenationparis.com/alessioalbi
https://www.mondayartists.com/artists/photography/alessio-albi
https://www.adorama.com/alc/through-the-lens-s04e02-alessio-albi/
Photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alessioalbi/32805908124/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alessioalbi/31067268594/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alessioalbi/20553964912/