valentino

roles: producer, photographer, art director, stylist, hair & makeup.

This series was inspired by 1920s and 1930s Hollywood starlet portraiture. With a gritty flair inspired by the film styles and movement of German Expressionism, and the later Film Noir, chiaroscuro lighting techniques are employed to provide a dark twist to glamor. “Valentino” seeks to facilitate a dialogue between the artistic canon of the past and the emerging “canon” of the present.

The series made its premiere in The 98 Project’s 98 Identity Spring 2018 Gallery Pop-Up at The Market in Boston, MA.