FRANCESCO CARROZZINI: PORTRAITS

FRANCESCO CARROZZINI

Francesco Carrozzini is a photographer and Emmy Award nominated director. His photographic works have now spanned almost a decade.

His photographs have appeared on the covers and pages of Vanity Fair, L’Uomo Vogue, The New Yorker, W, Rolling Stone, POP, New York Magazine and Vogue Italia, amongst others. He has photographed personalities as diverse as Robert De Niro, Kanye West, Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, Michael Bloomberg, Tony Blair, Keith Richards, Beyoncé and Jeff Koons, to name a few.

Carrozzini’s career began in 2001 at the age of 19, while still in college as a philosophy major, when he directed a promo for Italian MTV. He has since directed several short films, documentaries, commercials and music videos which have been featured in such competition as The Venice Film Festival and The Lions in Cannes. The music videos he has directed span a wide spectrum of genres with leading artists including Sia, Marilyn Manson, Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, A$AP Rocky and Lana Del Rey.

PRESS RELEASE

ISTANBUL’74 & CHOPARD PRESENT

Francesco Carrozzini’s

“Portraits”

9.6. – 9.7.2015

ISTANBUL’74 Karaköy

This series of photographs is about encounters. Portraiture in its purest form is a reflection of spontaneous, curious and ceaseless encounters. Each final image becomes the outcome of practicing photography as an engaging experience. For me, these portraits are about showing the reciprocal relationship that exists between the photographer and his subject; what I take from them in a picture is given back as a reflection of an authentic moment.

Francesco Carrozzini

This show exhibits some of Carrozzini’s most notable portraits from the first decade of his career. The uniqueness of these works lies in the notoriety as well as the sincerity of his subjects. As the subjects get in front of Carrozzini’s lens, a genuine intimacy is revealed and shared. These dynamic and beautifully lit portraits exhibit Francesco Carrozzini’s talent as a portrait photographer. The photographs reflect each shot as an unconstrained and spontaneous encounter; each talent grants Carrozzini a consistent level of trust, which becomes evident through their expressions and body language.