#marcodelogu

Just a week ago, I was one of the privileged few to be lectured on the basics of Photography by the famous Marco Delogu, none other than the curator of the MACRO exhibitions himself, where we were exposed to his work collections throughout the years. 

His portraying of people in a series to depict various emotions is immaculate, and his primitive photography techniques only serves to shock his viewers with his talent. 

In his lecture, Delogu argues against Naturality & Spontaneity when taking photos. He promotes research, and understanding of the victim before taking their portrait, in a setting determined by noone but the photographer himself. 

Iannis Xenakis - portrait.

Interestingly enough, having had said that, he proceeded to his gallery - introducing us to his exhibition of 'Composers'. Upon the first reading of the photography, one would notice the shadow-y feel to the majority of them, which is unusual when taking someone's portrait. Half of the facial features are covered, giving a more dramatic and suspicious feel to the photo, yet somehow, we can still understand what the photographer is trying to express. 

He also passionately described another one of his works- mainly of sceneries at dusk. He travelled by horse, and used one of the less advanced methods of photography nowadays - the negative/positive film technique. Although this would usually be expected to serve as a disadvantage due to low shutter speeds of 20 seconds per photo, he worked it beautifully, and his captures managed to attain a whole other level of representation- a fused perception of photography with painting.

"La Natura della Notte" - It appears "Monet-like" as he called it- like a watercolor of a scene in his head. 

This emphasizes the excellence of Delogu- to produce such a masterpiece with such minimal/ primitive techniques.