Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing

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Federico Barbon – Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing

I had the opportunity to collaborate with the Italian artist Alessandro Calabrese on a monograph of his latest work. In this work the artist used a flatbed scanner to create all the works that are part of this project. Initially I was faced with this gap between photographic production and manual photographic composition. I was spontaneously inspired to take over the artist's production codes to design the book. In fact the entire book is composed through the use a scanner by hand.

Diploma project (2019) by Federico Barbon

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Imagemaking, Editorial

I had the opportunity to collaborate with the Italian artist Alessandro Calabrese on a monograph of his latest work. In this work the artist used a flatbed scanner to create all the works that are part of this project. Initially I was faced with this gap between photographic production and manual photographic composition. I was spontaneously inspired to take over the artist's production codes to design the book. In fact the entire book is composed through the use a scanner by hand.

Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing – Federico Barbon
Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing – Federico Barbon
Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing – Federico Barbon
Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing – Federico Barbon
Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing – Federico Barbon
Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing – Federico Barbon
Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing – Federico Barbon
Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing – Federico Barbon
Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing – Federico Barbon
Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing – Federico Barbon

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