Il cimento della fotografia
Photography by Andrea Taurisano
Surprise! (polaroid)
Posted on September 20, 2015
Sun shines even on the coast of Norway, sometimes. Very last chances of some decent weather, these days, before an endless winter takes over. That’s why I’ll surprise you using color film, for once.
Double exposure made on Paranoid Land Camera 250 & Fuji FP-100c.
My photo cave: Il cimento goes gallery
Posted on September 7, 2015
Starting from today, “il cimento” is also photo gallery, workshop, darkroom and meeting place for a photography chat. In other words, my photo cave.
Anyone who happens to be in Trondheim, Norway, is welcome to drop in. Impossible to miss, in the heart of Bakklandet.
You don’t want to buy any photos? Here’s what else you can do at my “photo cave” and how it works:
- Check out inspiring photo books of my favourite photographers: Petersen, Sobol, Ackerman, d’Agata, Moriyama, Araki, etc. But mind: these are not for sale!
- Try other types of film than what you normally use. Just bring a roll of negative film, color or BW, 35 mm or 120, and choose one of mine for free (I don’t sell film).
- Borrow and try one of my old cameras: how about an old analogic SLR, an original Polaroid, a pinhole or a box camera? Swap whatever camera you can live without for a few days with whatever is available here and try new charming tools (I don’t sell cameras either).
- Rent the whole gallery space to exhibit your own work for a week or two. Rather cheap too.
No matter what you want to do, you’re welcome. Right now I’m displaying about 50 of my pinhole photographs.
Il cimento gallery is located in Øvre Bakklandet 17, Trondheim, Norway.
Box of chocolate from 1955
Posted on July 23, 2015
A box camera is like a box of chocolate.. you never know what you’re gonna get. Specially when you take multiple exposures.
Psychiatric Centre at dawn
Posted on January 26, 2015
Me and Holga at Østmarka psychiatric centre, Trondheim.
Salaam, Afghanistan
Posted on May 17, 2014
17th May 2014. While Norway celebrates the 200 year anniversary of their constitution, I’m heading for the remote Badakhshan, north east of Afghanistan, for the third time.
There, no constitutional paper grants each and every citizen equal rights, as a base for justice and prosperity. There, natural hazards alone cost hundreds of lives every year. Just 10 days ago, a massive landslide buried half a village and between 2000 and 2700 people, over a third of whom children. A few thousand more have been forced to leave their houses of clay, maybe forever. The disaster in Badakhshan made international headlines for 2 – 3 days and now is gone, forgotten.
For images and stories from my previous trips to Afghanistan, see the Documentary section above.
Bipolar
Posted on May 5, 2014
When everything of you is split, and even your shadow has a dark and a bright side.
Boundary line
Posted on March 27, 2014
There is a boundary line between what a photographer feels should be documented and shown and what should remain private.
The few photos below are from a project I just did about that boundary line, which in this case happened to coincide with the boundary between life and death.
And these are the only few photos from that project that will ever be displayed on this blog. The other photos need to mature. They may never see the light or may one day be shown in a more appropriate way than on a blog.
If you want to share a thought on where your boundary line goes, as a photographer, or about these shots I shared, please feel free to comment.
Forest of thoughts (pinhole)
Posted on March 5, 2014
Unclear tangle of plants, and thoughts. Kodak Tri-X and modified Sharan pinhole camera, as usual.
By the fjord (pinhole)
Posted on March 3, 2014
February 2014, Trondheim’s fjord, central Norway (probably the first snow free winter in Norwegian history). Kodak Tri-X in modified Sharan pinhole camera.
