photographer

life . Portrait . street

Madison, WI

Flavia

Fontana Giusti

flavia@grainandblur.com

August 2023 – Annie Leibovitz, portraiture as an art form

AUGUST 2023ANNIE LEIBOVITZ AND THE ART OF PORTRAITURE First things first, the prompt John and Yoko – Annie Leibovitz, 1980 Does this really need an introduction? Alright, Annie Leibovitz’s a fancy photographer. So what? She photographed every famous face on Earth, people who are used to the spotlight and the attention of a photographic lens, […]

March 2023 – The cost of freedom

MARCH 2023THE COST OF FREEDOM Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another. Toni Morrison – exerpt from Beloved This month prompt didn’t resonate with me at first. I always considered myself free, or at least very good at escaping situations where I didn’t feel in full ownership of my […]

February 2023 – Some of these parts of me you’d wish to never see

FEBRUARY 2023SOME OF THESE PARTS OF ME YOU’D WISH TO NEVER SEE At the Art Lab, this month we processed a visual prompt: a Vincent Van Gogh self-portrait: This a was a big deal.  First off, if the thought of starting off a visual prompt sounds normal to you, just know that it felt highly […]

January 2023 – Humankind cannot bear very much reality

January 2023these cages of ours Humankind cannot bear very much reality T.S. Eliot – Burnt Norton, The fours Quartets When Amy sent us the prompt, I was in a dark space – I was waking up every morning bracing for the possibility of a panic attack. They seem to be becoming my new January normal, […]

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