Gabriele Rodriquez - 1960
He lives in Verona (Italy) with his wife and 3 sons. Teacher in economics and business matters until 1997. He has been practicing the profession of Tax and Legal Advisor since 1990. Lent to photography, since 1977 his youth this has become an activity that gradually turned out to be more than a passion, more than a simple hobby. Photography has probably filled an area of one's cultural life that the studies followed have only touched upon. To his credit the publication of 7 printed volumes, from reportage to the most extreme Mobile Art. Lover of reportage in general and travel in particular, for some years he has dedicated himself to creative photography known as Mobile Art. The use of the iPhone, for the fact that it is always on him and for its ease of use, allows you to record images in times and places in an immediate way. As part of a broad design, the images recorded in this way are then reworked with particular apps on the iPad or directly on iPhone. The instrument, together with the capacitive pen, thus becomes a digital canvas on which to slide one's own fantasies or inner ghosts, as if they were visual obsessions that are transformed into creations that have little in common with respect to the original image. There is much debate as to whether the final product is still attributable to photography, it is true that the starting point is always a photographic sensor, then for the rest it is right that everyone gives their own reading.
As written by Giancarlo Beltrame, art and film critic, in a preface to the last book presented by the author: ... "Gabriele, no longer limited by the need to reproduce reality that every camera ontologically contains within itself, has started to explore new territories of the image and the imagination always starting from a photographic shot. Explorations that inevitably lead to inner spaces. Those areas where memories are deposited, dreams are stratified and fantasies are unleashed".
Recently winner of the first prize in the Panorama section of the IPPA AWARDS 2021, a worldwide photo competition reserved for photographs taken with the iPhone.
IPPAWARDS (sponsored by APPLE) has been instrumental in launching the careers of some of the best iPhone photographers in the world. Since the awards began in 2007, the winning photographers have gained exposure around the world and have been celebrated and recognized by the most respected media around the world. These include Washington Post, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, Mashable, USA Today, Mashable, PetaPixel, iMore, Appleinsider, 9to5mac, The Loop, Digital Trends, Sina, ten Min Gong She, Guohe Group, Fotomen, Weibusi, Dgtle, The Sun, Vogue, Bild, La Stampa, GQ, Corriere della Sera, MacWorld, Indian Express, Daily News, Popebee, Apple Daily Taiwan, Engadget, The Edit, Korea Business News, Afisha, Reforma, Robb Report, Vanity Fair Italia, the Arena, Heraldo Verona, as well as all the specialized photography magazines.
Bibliography
Paper Books:
LOST TIME – Il tempo perduto (Amazon)
BLACK&WHITE INDIA (Amazon)
IL SEGNO (Storia, Arte e Tradizione nella vita dei Campanari Veronesi)
DE RATIONE ARTIS – LINGUAGGI A CONFRONTO VOL.1
FRAME – LINGUAGGI A CONFRONTO VOL. 2
RURALITY
JESUS – UNA STORIA PER UN’ICONOGRAFIA CONTEMPORANEA
EBooks (published on ISSUU):
SYNAPSI (2021)
QUADERNI DI METAFISICA (2021)
SAPIENS (2021)
QUADERNI DI MINIMALISMO ASTRATTO (2021)
POLAFAKE (2019)
MIRABILE (2018)
GEOMETRIE VARIABILI (2018)
BULB (2018)
NEI LUOGHI DELLA MEMORIA (2018)
FRAME COME IN UN FILM (2018)
IL SEGNO (2018)
DE RATIONE ARTIS (2018)
LOST TIME: IL TEMPO PERDUTO (2017)
BLACK & WHITE INDIA (2017)
IMAGES (2016)
PAINTING (2016)
GREETING FROM FLORENCE (2016)
JESOLO JESOLO (2016)
BACANAL DEL GNOCCO (2016)
GUGGENMUSIK (2016)
STREET (2016)
LA LOGICA DELLE FORME (2016)
MAGICHE FIGURE (2015)
56° BIENNALE (2015)
RAINING (2015)
INCREDIBLE INDIA (2015)
RURALITY (2015)
THE EARTH COLORS (2015)
EXPO 2015 (2015)
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