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Andrea Giacobbe

Italian photographer Andrea Giacobbe, currently based in Paris, gives me a strong sense of visual impact with his photographs.

Andrea Giacobbe

It's hard to believe that the image was taken before the turn of the 2000s. But the most common thing in his work is that the models are close to mannequins. The most common thing in his work is that the models are made up almost like dolls, and the dolls are real. His work shows a sense of emptiness. I found this fashion photographer's work by searching for posthumanism, and Andrea Giacobbe has mentioned in an interview that his photography style is largely influenced by his interest in science fiction. That's why we can often see bionic humans, aliens, cyborgs and other related subjects in his works. I find his futuristic and surrealistic style very interesting. This image is from Giacobbe's 1993 work entitled Tokyo, in which he used the streets of Tokyo as a stage for men and women to dress up as aliens. Most of these looks referenced the futuristic imagery of the nineties: glossy PVC dresses or silver and white suits, and the models' skin was dyed silver and their faces were expressionless, in stark contrast to the rush of people around them, who were either calm or curious. The futuristic style of the images is something I've never tried before. But I am also very interested in this style. But for now, AI is becoming a universal hot topic. I was inspired by Giacobbe's work. I incorporated the backgrounds generated by the AI software Midjourney into the shoot for my Lala Land project.

© 2024 by Xiangyi Huang.

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