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Today is the 3rd birthday of Rabarbaro, thanks for this three magic years Bianca Gutman, Shelbie Dimond, Pretty in Mad, Anna Hatzakis, Matteo Cordoni, Lucas Ottone, Magda Arques, Francisca Pageo, Silvia Ianniciello, Vespertine Machine, Noah Kolb, Kate Pulley, Adventitious magazine, Curating the Unseen, Florencia Lampugano, L'ecole des Femmes, Danny McShane, Meredith, O' Little Sister, Keep A Breast Foundation, Cox, Rhiannon Adam, Eylül Aslan & Canted Pictures.

from Rabarbaro #1, August 2013

Humans. Portraits. It’s this combination that makes Lucas Ottone a great photographer, I’ve always thought that the form of photographic portraits are the most difficult, but Lucas seems to do it with impressive ease, every picture is natural and beautiful; portraits made in moments of each day without forcing, without too many poses, “lights trasformed into memories.” All of this made with exceptional actors, beautiful boys and girls, friends and his girlfriend. Hi Lucas, please introduce yourself.

Hello fellows, my name is Lucas Ottone and I’m a 21 year-old guy from Mallorca, Spain. I’m currently living in Barcelona and trying to grow up as a photographer. What is Photography? Photography is transforming light into memories. How did you get into photography? When I was sixteen, my girlfriend gave me a digital camera as a birthday present, so I started portraying her and my friends. As time went by I had collected a wide range of portraits which gave me a little recognition. Where did you get inspiration? I found inspiration basically in my daily life: my girlfriend, the island landscapes, my awesome dog... At first it was just a diary. The feelings in your photos are very important, and you can make them hear from those who look at, which message do you prefer to send? My pictures portray a beautiful past. I’d like people to see them as great moments that will never happen again. Who are your favourite photographers? Larry Clark, Ryan McGinley, Alberto García-Alix, Carlos Nunez and Mario Testino. They all are great portraitists. What kind of camera do you use? Both film and digital. I own a Canon 550D and a Minolta SR-T101. If I had a lot of money I’d always shoot film, but developing is getting really expensive!

Do you think that digital technology is destroying it or creating nostalgia and bring him back? It’s creating nostalgia, but bringing it back in the wrong way (digital vintage filters and other unaesthetic stuff). I also think that digital technology is over saturating the world with images we don’t really need. The clue is to think digital and act analog. What is your opinion on digital manipulation. Do you think it adds to photography or distracts from what photography is really about? When it’s subtle and well done, it can improve a shot: a bit of light, a slight tone...This has always been done in every single field of photography. However, nowadays you can see huge monstrosities being done with Photoshop. At first, they may seem attracting (for instance, when I started I did some HDR pictures), but then you realize it’s artificial, baroque and ugly. When you shot in film do you process your own photos? No, I don’t develop them myself. I should try! What is your favourite photograph you have ever taken and why? It changes as time goes by. Now this is pretty good for me, and it’s been a year  : [photo] How is your relationship with the camera? I’d make love to it if I could. Do you like to stay in front of it? Yes, if it’s a self portrait. I don’t like to model for others. What do you hope people will get out of viewing your photography? A day-to-day gloomy feeling and a mixture of fashion and commonness. The wonderful models in your photos are friends or professional models? Friends and girlfriends. They have an uncommon beauty, different from the one you find in magazines or advertising. I love that. Is it more easy to work with girls or boys? If they are great people, it’s easy to work with both of them, but I’m used to work with girls. What do you think of the criticism to the artistic nude? I really don’t understand how some people are still embarrassed about nude bodies. What express mostly beauty? Girls just woken up with messy hair and drowsy eyes.  There are any standards or preferences when you choosing a model (girls, boys, children) or in the exterior (for example: thinness, hair color, skin)? I normally prefer slim bodies (not too thin!) but I don’t have any preferences in the other aspects. I think it’s about the whole, how each part matches the others and it builds a different body and face for each person. I’d like to portray tones of different people: redheads, tattooed, freckled... In 2011 you start a funny cool music project with Fran Llull, “Bored Guys” talk us about it. Glad you mentioned it! One boring summer afternoon I came up with the idea we should make a music video. Franwould make the beat (he’s a music producer) and I would do the video. We filmed three projects, one of them won a price in a University contest. We still have many other ideas to film, but finding time is getting harder these days. What do you like about making video than photography? It gives you another sensation. More real, closer, wider. Do you have some project in progress? A project called ‘Women’ with painter Juan Oliver. Only women portraits, painted by him and photographed by me. Where people can find you and your works? www.lucasottone.com www.facebook.com/lucasottonephoto www.flickr.com/hugeshow

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