ANTHONY VACCARELLO INVITES PHOTOGRAPHER BETTINA PITTALUGA FOR THE 3RD EDITON OF THE SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE FANZINE.

BETTINA PITTALUGA’S APPROACH TO PHOTOGRAPHY IS VERY MUCH ABOUT INSTINCT, PHYSICALITY AND THE SENSES, THE CREATION OF A NATURAL LUMINOSITY. WORKING ONLY IN NON-DIGITAL, MEDIUM-FORMAT FILM, AND PRINTING HER OWN PHOTOS, THE ARTIST CASTS HER BENEVOLENT AND DELICATE GAZE ON UNDER UNDERREPRESENTED INDIVIDUALS, ENABLING US TO ENTER THEIR MOST SECRET PLACES, AROUSING EMOTIONS AND REACTIONS IN US WHICH ARE FAR FROM MERELY AESTHETIC. WHAT RELATIONSHIP DO WE REALLY HAVE WITH OTHERNESS ? A COMMITTED PHOTOGRAPHER, BETTINA PROVES THAT WHAT IS AESTHETIC IS ALSO POLITICAL.

A FRANCO-URUGUAYAN CITIZEN, BETTINA PITTALUGA LIVES AND WORKS IN PARIS.

ALL IMAGES © BETTINA PITTALUGA

CURATED BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO