Bruno Paolo Benedetti - Fluid Contrasts 1/30
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Has over ten years of experience in art, specialising in post-war photography and contemporary art.
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Bruno Paolo Benedetti, born in 1954, began taking pictures in 1968, studying perspective and photographic techniques. From the beginning he focused on black-and-white photography, observing the contrasts of nature, the lights, and interpreting the reality around him. When he was 25 he started working in the darkroom, refining his technique with filters and high-contrast films to create his first surreal and abstract photographs. At the same time he began traveling around Europe and the world: India, Nepal, Bhutan, South America, South Africa, Egypt, and the Comoros Islands are among the places he has visited most. The study of religions and mysticism in all of them inspired his artistic production, especially his surreal photography, where cultural and religious archetypes are depicted.
Exhibitions:
Venezia Misteriosa, Venice, November 2015
Internazionale Italia Arte, MITT Turin, May 2013
Cinema Farnese Rome, June–July 2012
Cinema Farnese, Rome, May–September 2013
Fluid Contrasts
Fluid Contrasts explores the dynamic tension between light and darkness through flowing monochrome forms that appear in constant transformation. The image evokes liquid movement, energy, and reflection, creating an abstract visual rhythm that draws the viewer into a suspended and almost hypnotic space. The stark black-and-white palette enhances the work’s elegance and emotional intensity.
Printed on fine art HP paper 270 gsm,
Hand signed
Limited edition: 1 of 30
Bruno Paolo Benedetti, born in 1954, began taking pictures in 1968, studying perspective and photographic techniques. From the beginning he focused on black-and-white photography, observing the contrasts of nature, the lights, and interpreting the reality around him. When he was 25 he started working in the darkroom, refining his technique with filters and high-contrast films to create his first surreal and abstract photographs. At the same time he began traveling around Europe and the world: India, Nepal, Bhutan, South America, South Africa, Egypt, and the Comoros Islands are among the places he has visited most. The study of religions and mysticism in all of them inspired his artistic production, especially his surreal photography, where cultural and religious archetypes are depicted.
Exhibitions:
Venezia Misteriosa, Venice, November 2015
Internazionale Italia Arte, MITT Turin, May 2013
Cinema Farnese Rome, June–July 2012
Cinema Farnese, Rome, May–September 2013
Fluid Contrasts
Fluid Contrasts explores the dynamic tension between light and darkness through flowing monochrome forms that appear in constant transformation. The image evokes liquid movement, energy, and reflection, creating an abstract visual rhythm that draws the viewer into a suspended and almost hypnotic space. The stark black-and-white palette enhances the work’s elegance and emotional intensity.
Printed on fine art HP paper 270 gsm,
Hand signed
Limited edition: 1 of 30
Details
Date of print
2026
Artist
Bruno Paolo Benedetti
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Title of artwork
Fluid Contrasts 1/30
Condition
Extremely fine
Technique
Giclée
Height
18 cm
Edition
Limited edition: 1 of 30
Width
27 cm
Signature
Hand signed
Genre
Fine art photography
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