CLOROFILLA
CLOROFILLA: BRIDGING REALITIES REVEALING THE UNSEEN
CLOROFILLA: THE VISION
Photography as a bridge between the visible and the invisible.
Through a refined exploration of color processing, Clorofilla delves into infrared photography to reveal images otherwise hidden from the human eye.
It is not a mere reproduction of reality, but an artistic interpretation that invites viewers into a contemplative realm, where light and color take on new meaning.
Clorofilla unfolds as an investigation of the natural landscape. Building on a visual sensibility honed through portraiture, the project embarks on a visual exploration of the boundary between what is visible and what lies beyond the reach of the eye.
Photography becomes a tool to transpose nature into a deeper dimension, where images acquire a tangible presence and heightened expressive intensity.
At the same time, the work embraces compositional synthesis through subtraction and simplification. A restrained color palette and the pursuit of essential graphic elements evoke the language of visual art, emphasizing form and the purity of composition.
Clorofilla is more than a photographic project — it is a provocation that challenges the limits of perception.
It urges the viewer to question what they see, and to seek the unexpected within the ordinary — revealing a more nuanced and complex vision of the world.
“Dave Tavanti succumbs to the overpowering influence of cinema,
his frames distorted by the unseen
and enchanted in their pursuit,
driven by the desire to narrate and capture it,
to transcend the limits of his senses,
with the childlike joy
of infusing mystery into a simple and familiar place.
But Predator is lost in the woods,
moving slowly, almost timidly, as if afraid to crush the leaves.
It forgets to hunt
and is spellbound by the mysterious patterns of trees,
the gentle rustles, the lace-like branches.
Messages of peace and joy reach it,
the simple joy of existence
in the eternal cycle of life,
the law of necessity
that can be both beautiful and whimsical,
obvious and incomprehensible.
Images flow before our eyes,
of us turned into extraterrestrials
witnessing things never seen in our familiar forest,
traversed so many times, walking distractedly.
Its light now astonishes us and tells stories without words,
crafted only of emotions.
And the solitary tree, so perfect and symmetrical,
becomes a symbol of beauty,
layfully entering our minds,
their structure hungry for rationality,
with the smile that Leonardo
painted on the face of the Mona Lisa,
encapsulating the same mystery.“
Rita Castigli