Hair
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Photographer
Alessandra Favetto
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Date of Photograph
2014-2015
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Technical Info
Photography
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Website
In this series my aim is to visually interpret and explore all the qualities and symbols of hair as perceived by different cultures. Hair is a powerful symbol of individual and group identity, extremely personal and public at the same time. In most cultures hair represents beauty, strength, freedom, wealth and health and is often associated with youth and sexuality.According to other cultures long hair is needed to cover women's body when buried as they lack clothes.
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Biography
Artist and self portraiture photographer with eclectic visions that embrace the realms of nature and the depth of human emotions and feelings.
The camera is my time machine that allows me to draw an imaginary world full of different tones and vibrations: sometimes I jump in a surreal world where animals, plants and objects speak through allegories and metaphors, some other times I dive into the darkness of soul and translate into concepts its thousands facets.
Every image is a story that leaves the door open to imagination and to each person’s thoughts, perceptions and personal experiences.
I use self portraiture to create characters that are a representation of a surreal, dreamy, ironic and passionate world I would love to live in.
Through my images I transport outside the conflicts of human personality, the ironic ambiguity between the wisdom of adults and the innocence of children and animals.
