Umberto Stefanelli, Italian photographer, developed his artistic skills in New York, where he lived for several years and where he began to express his  creativity, with his very own personal style of photography, re-elaborating his images using innovative techniques.

Following on from his experience in the USA, he discovered new horizons in Japan, with its colors and light, which conditioned a further transformation in his photographic art, closely tied to the magical instant developing of Polaroid film.

Every single image is unique and as a result of the fusion between gelatin film and the paper support, which is decorated with gold plated, silver leaves or different kind of papers, elaborated depending on the forms and colors of the original image.
A carefully studied creation, which demands time and a craftsman's touch.

Each resulting piece of works is unique, alive and vibrating, strongly three dimensional, characteristics which have made Umberto Stefanelli one of the most innovative portrait photographers on the international artistic scene.

His work was presented in many exhibitions, publications, national and international magazines.

He  collaborated to several artistic projects with: POLAROID, LEVI’S STRAUSS, L’OREAL, NOKIA, EPSON, GREY GROUP, YOUNG & RUBICAM, NIPPON TELEVISION, ZOOM MAGAZINE.

A selection of his work is included in the Polaroid Collection, in the Brescia National Museum of Photography and in other important public and private collections.

Umberto Stefanelli works trough Agents or Representatives in Europe, Usa, China and Japan.

http://www.photogeisha.org


Umberto Stefanelli – Selected Exhibitions


March 1999: UMA GALLERY (New York – USA) - OUT OF FASHION

May 1999: I.A.A.C. (Rochester – USA) - OUT OF FASHION

September 1999: YOUNG & RUBICAM GALLERY (New York - USA) - ARTVERTISING     

October 1999: GREY GALLERY (New York - USA) - OUT OF FASHION

July 2000: IPSO ARTS GALLERY (Perugia - ITALY) - A MODA MIO

October – November 2000: RISTORARTE VIA MARGUTTA (Rome - ITALY) - LA MODE INSOLITE

March 2002: PALAZZO DEL CAPITANO DEL POPOLO (Orvieto – ITALY) - “MAY 30th 69” preview

May – June 2002 : SIRIUS AIDEM PHOTO GALLERY (Tokyo – JAPAN)
“MAY 30th 69”. Promoted by the Foundation ITALY IN JAPAN 2001 – 2002
                                         
March – April 2003: ICEBOX GALLERY (Minneapolis – USA) - SKIN 2003

June 2003: ECHO GALLERY (Chicago – USA) - SUGAR & SPICE

July – 2003 – August 2004: PIX-DO BUILDING GALLERY (Tokyo – JAPAN) - “MAY 30th 69”

July - August 2004: MONTEREGIO CASTLE (Massa Marittima - ITALY) - UN SASSO NELLA SCARPA

April – May 2004: KIUNKAKU EXHIBITION HALL (Atami - JAPAN)                                                   
CELEBRATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ZOOM INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE

September 2004 – February 2005: CANON CENTER (Rome – ITALY) - HENTAI

October – November 2004: NIPPON TELEVISION TOWER & NETWORK (Tokyo – JAPAN) CELEBRATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ZOOM INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE

January – February 2006: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY (Brescia – ITALY) “…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Revelation 3,20)

April – May 2006: SALA MARCONI – VATICAN RADIO (Vatican City – ITALY) “…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Rev. 3,20)

April – August 2006: SEDE ESPOSITIVA PROVINCIA DI PORDENONE (Pordenone – ITALY) - IN HOC SIGNO

November 2006: PALAZZO VALENTINI (Rome – ITALY) - “…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Rev. 3,20)

Dicember 2006 – January 2007: CASTEL DELL’OVO (Naples – ITALY)
“…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Rev. 3,20)

March – April 2007: SCUDERIE ALDOBRANDINI (Frascati – ITALY)
“…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Rev. 3,20)

May 2007: FANTADIA: INTERNATIONAL MULTIVISION FESTIVAL / ASOLO PHOTOGRAPHY ( Asolo – ITALY) “…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Rev. 3,20)

August –September 2007: CIVIC MUSEUM (Anzio – ITALY) - “…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Rev. 3,20)

October – November 2007: CHURHAUS WIEN (Wien – AUSTRIA) Promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute “…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Rev. 3,20)

March 2008: PALAZZO DEI SETTE (Orvieto – ITALY) – 10 YEARS AND A LITTLE MORE

April 2008: BASILICA MARIA AUSILIATRICE (Turin – ITALY) - “…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Rev. 3,20)

May 2008: LE VENEZIE (Treviso– ITALY) - “…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Rev. 3,20)

May – June 2008 : ESPACIO VERSATIL GALLERY (Shanghai – CINA) - ROUTE EIGHT 0 NINE

September 2008: ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE  GALLERY (Tokyo – JAPAN) “…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Rev. 3,20)

October 2008: H.A.C. GALLERY (Tokyo – JAPAN) “…I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” (Rev. 3,20)

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