Domenico Foschi Photography

About Me

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I am a fine Art Photographer born in Italy now residing in the Los Angeles suburbs.I am actively showing my work in Galleries in the US and abroad (Italy, Spain).
Although I do use modern lenses which provide a sharp rendition of the subject, I prefer to work mainly with old brass lenses dated around 1860â€™s . These tools, because of their optical design , help to achieve mood to my images . Areas out of focus carry an important weight in my work: they are the equivalent in poetry of reading between the lines, they open the doors to an unknown imagery , where shapes, although still being vaguely familiar , challenge and at the same time lure us to a softer and exciting world . These tools, together with the use of large format cameras ( 4 x 5 , 8 x 10 ) , and the shooting and printing techniques employed, act as filters through which the image is born .
Parallel to my fine Art direction I regularly do commercial photographic work, mainly shooting for Recording Artists and I enjoy immensely portraiture assignments. I feel lucky doing a job I don't consider as such.
I also provide retouching service, either digital or traditional, the latter being a dying Art. If you have old, damaged photographs of your dear ones and you would like to have them restored to a new life, or you have the negatives and you would like to have them printed in traditional darkroom process and even sepia toned, contact me.

My Interests

My website
Large Format Photography Forum, great resource
Bac Art Studio, Venice in Italy
ART SCENE: Great resource for gallery openings in Socal
View Camera Magazine
Kate Jackson Painter
Ernest Lacy Painter

I'd like to meet:

Andre Kertesz, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Stieglitz, Richard Avedon, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Socrates, George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, Franz Kafka, but I doubt it will ever happen since they are all....well,...gone.Also, people who share a love for photography and Art in General, all kinds.I am looking forward to meet you.

Music:

Classical, the good 80s( read Talking Heads, David Bowie, Lou Reed,) Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Clash, Beatles, Stones, etc, etc,

Television:

Only when I want to be insulted....never.

Books:

Oscar Wilde, Kafka, Orwell, Thomas Mann, Irwing, ........

Heroes:

Announcing two upcoming shows for the year 2008.
"PAST THE OBVIOUS"
Solo show held at the Espacio Orienta Gallery located in Sanclemente 18,Zaragoza Spain
From January 10 to February 19th, reception January 10th
ART RENTAL AND SALES GALLERY AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART(LACMA), located at Lower level, Leo S. Bing Center, 5905 Whilshire Blvd.,Los ANgeles, Ca 90036
4 Artists group show.
Domenico Foschi
Gus Harper
Helen Youngblood
Victor Zubeldia
January 11-February 21, 2008
Reception January 11 6,30-9 pm

Domenico Foschi, View Camera Magazine: March/April issue 2007

My Blog

My ashes

Thoughts bouncing in my mind's walls until a dense matter stops their frenzy.Thoughts trying to pass unobserved as a child ashamed by people whom he loves.Monsters transformed by my fists in Disney ch...
Posted by Domenico Foschi Photography on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:58:00 PST

Precious cargo

And I wake up, I climb the 4 stairs that lead to my living room, sit down on my couch staring at the spines of the books, whispering new images.The air on this pier where I am standing now, is cold, t...
Posted by Domenico Foschi Photography on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:24:00 PST

Check out this event: Reception Art show at Barnsdall gallery in LA

Hosted By: Domenico FoschiWhen: Sunday Sep 16, 2007 at 2:05 PMWhere: Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery4800 Hollywood Blvd.Los Angeles, CA 90027United StatesDescription:Domenico Foschi Click Here To View...
Posted by Domenico Foschi Photography on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:57:00 PST

One lesson after another

The dissolving fog is showing open doors where the promise of aromas, sounds and music come from.I am the traveller from a Kafka novel, I have to talk to strangers who have known me since I put them i...
Posted by Domenico Foschi Photography on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:02:00 PST

The quickening, or the return to home

I am happy, I am in Venice, in Italy, my motherland, but this city has something to tell me still and I plan to listen to her, I want to be one with the wind that travels its "calli" and see what the ...
Posted by Domenico Foschi Photography on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:08:00 PST

The Gift

You are the gift to me from He who speaks unspoken words. I ask Him questions, but He only tells me the necessary.You have broken through the fog that was in front of me, and now I see my path rich w...
Posted by Domenico Foschi Photography on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:02:00 PST

To you

I don't need you to teach me anything , all the answers, all the warmth and love is here where I live, inside and underneath, through the cracks of light that you can't mend anymore.You, with your lie...
Posted by Domenico Foschi Photography on Fri, 04 May 2007 09:28:00 PST

Just like an Onion

..">I had just finished to eat some raw mexican onions dipped in olive oil and the flavor was still lingering in my mouth.I was sitting an the couch and I had this unsettling sensation that I didn't k...
Posted by Domenico Foschi Photography on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:27:00 PST

When I grow up I want to be an Artist

..">All artists at least once in their lifetime face the dilemma of dedicating themselves to their talent fully, read taking it as a profession, or choosing the road of a more secure job and dedicatin...
Posted by Domenico Foschi Photography on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:40:00 PST

Latest news

Starting on Easter I will have my first exhibit in my country of origin. The show will be held at Bac Art Studio in Venice.Paolo baruffaldi, the owner of the gallery and a great artist in his own righ...
Posted by Domenico Foschi Photography on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:11:00 PST