Saturday, February 20, 2010

Artist Blog: Eugenio Recuenco

(Posted in May from saved draft)

Eugenio Recuenco is a moderately well known fashion photographer, who is considered one of the more creative in the publishing and advertising fields in Madrid, Spain. He shoots exclusively for Vogue, as well as other international magazines, such as Madam Figaro, and has done campaigns for several prestigious brands.

photograph by Eugenio Recuenco, title and addition image information not found. (http://www.eugeniorecuenco.com)

Agencies often refer to Recuenco's work as cinematographic and pictorial in style, and he often references film and the directors who've had the biggest influence on him (Hitchcock, John Waters).

photograph by Eugenio Recuenco, title and addition image information not found. (http://www.eugeniorecuenco.com).

In an interview with Recuenco, he talks about some of the things that Tom and I discussed in our first meeting, referring to the classical questions of photography and the elements of disbelief. After being asked if he considered himself a violator against the image because of his "theatrical point of view," Recuenco explains his successful methods of not doing "anything forced; everything happens spontaneously." He later asks, "Why does the image need to be realistic? I believe we are becoming liberated from that, as paintings did a long time ago. The image, if you want to consider it as art, must be untied from the idea of being realistic. There is no other way." (www.bobbintalk.com)

photograph by Eugenio Recuenco, title and addition image information not found. (http://www.eugeniorecuenco.com)

I seem to find a lot of artists who have the same ideals of art that I do, and it really motivates me. Eugenio Recuenco has a wide variety of series, but I found some great images to post that are most moving to me. I couldn't find any titles or additional information on the images, which was frustrating, but in the long run I suppose the images should speak for themselves. And I think most would agree that they do!


I want to include this one, just because it's fantastic:

photograph by Eugenio Recuenco, title and addition image information not found. (http://www.eugeniorecuenco.com)


http://www.eugeniorecuenco.com

http://www.bobbintalk.com/2010/01/eugenio-recuenco-inside-out.html

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