‘I use an extremely rare printing technique called grain gravure. It’s a nineteenth-century process that transfers a photographic image onto a copper plate using photosensitive gelatine. Rotogravure played a key role in the discovery of photography, to which its history remains closely linked.’
‘I use an extremely rare printing technique called grain gravure. It’s a nineteenth-century process that transfers a photographic image onto a copper plate using photosensitive gelatine. Rotogravure played a key role in the discovery of photography, to which its history remains closely linked.’
Born in Italy, Costanza Gastaldi is a fine art photographer known for her immersive and poetic approach to photography. She is a graduate of the prestigious École des Gobelins and Sorbonne University, Paris. Her photographic expeditions have taken her from the Chinese mountains to the Arctic Circle and the White Desert, capturing the raw beauty of remote landscapes.
Gastaldi specializes in Heliogravure, a 19th-century photographic printing technique that transfers images onto copper plates using photosensitive gelatin. This historic method, revered for its depth and tonal richness, remains one of the most beautiful ways to print fine art photography.
The Medusa Project, her latest work, offers a sensitive, anthropomorphic representation of the aquatic world. Drawn to the mystical and symbolic nature of jellyfish, Gastaldi explores their hypnotic movements and their deeper meanings in psychoanalysis, mythology, medicine, and ecology. Her art delves into the possibilities of immersive photography, creating ethereal compositions that challenge perception.
As an emerging artist, Gastaldi’s work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions across Europe and Asia. She has exhibited at international art fairs, including:
Costanza Gastaldi lives and works in Paris, France.
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