I’d never heard of Milanese
photographer Franco Vimercati (1940-2001) when I stumbled on his stunningly
beautiful photographs at the Museo Fortuny in Venice.
To say Vimercati was obsessive would
be an understatement. With Zen-like devotion he photographed the same humble objects
over and over again (he reputedly spent ten years on the soup tureen above), both searching for that perfect print that would capture the
beauty and essence of his subjects, and also reveling in the subtle variations
between the repeated images.
I was mesmerized by Vimercati’s work
that pairs simple compositions with a photographic technique that can only be
described as sumptuous.
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