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The Death of Hyacinth (2021) Photography by Pietro Cenini
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Limited Edition (#7/7)
Photography,
Digital Photography
on Paper
- Dimensions Height 30in, Width 24in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Photographs under $1,000 Figurative Mythology
The death of Hyacinth has been represented many times throughout the history of art. This image draws particular inspiration from the homonymous painting of 1610 attributed to Cecco del Caravaggio (Francesco Boneri).
In the Greek myth of Hyacinth, the gods Apollo and Zephyr (the springtime west wind god) both fell in love with Hyacinth.
When Apollo throws the discus to prepare Hyacinth for the Olympics, it is blown off by a gust of wind produced by the jealous Zephyr. Hyacinth is hit in the temple and mortally wounded. Powerless against fate, Apollo then transforms Hyacinth into a flower that blossoms every year in spring when the west wind blows.
In ancient Greece blue was the color associated with Apollo.
The image is a self-portrait as Apollo, together with the painter Américo de Carvalho e Sousa as Hyacinth.
Thanks to a digital zoom lens, a detailed enlargement of this artwork can be scanned on the Portfolio-Impossible Perspectives and Art-Inspired page of the author’s website, innovativefineart.
Printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm fine art paper (matt); signed and numbered on the back. The print has an additional 0.4-inch (1cm) white paper border to facilitate handling and framing.
Printed on request on a different Hahnemühle fine art paper: Photo Rag Baryta 315 gsm (glossy) or Fine Art Pearl 285 gsm.
Both the artwork and the signed Certificate of Authenticity bear a customized, tamper-evident Swiss-made hologram by 3D/AG with the author's logo, the URL QR code, and an exclusive alphanumeric code.
The artist reserves the right to produce one additional Artist Proof for his own collection.
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Pietro Cenini is a fine-art photographer born and raised in Italy and trained in the United States. Today, he lives and works between Brazil and his native country.
His artistic goal is to capture our inner world and the deep emotions and moods hidden from view. He manages to make them visible and felt through his photographs. His images evoke alternative perceptions of what is visually apparent, creating synesthesia that transforms visual impressions into sounds or smells.
With a passion for the classical piano and a career in science, Pietro Cenini moved to California in 1994 to study at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. The fusion of these two facets of his life allowed him to approach photography in a unique and innovative way. His unwavering technical skills and scientific precision allow him to translate his artistic sensibility, strong sense of aesthetics, and vivid imagination into visual works of art.
His post-production process is substantial, investing an average of 30 to 40 hours per image and sometimes even up to 120 hours. He often combines multiple shots, though this is rarely noticeable in the end result, which can feel real despite sometimes looking impossible.
As an artist and researcher, Pietro Cenini follows the guidance of his soul and does not limit himself to a successful style, because that would mean that it was already conquered and revealed.
For 16 years until 2010, he worked as a photographer for several UN agencies and travel magazines. Since 1999, he has been teaching photography and Photoshop, both privately and at art institutions. His work has been represented by several photographic agencies around the world.
For the past 20 years, he has devoted his personal production exclusively to artistic photography. In 2015–2016, he spent a year in Edinburgh, where he became totally involved in a personal project that consisted of photographing the creative process of painting.
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Nationality:
ITALY
- Date of birth : 1954
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary Italian Artists
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