Leica Camera Japan is pleased to announce an upcoming photography exhibition by New York-based photographer and filmmaker Mark de Paola.
De Paola is highly acclaimed for his unique cinematic style of expression that fuses fine art and commercial photography. His underlying philosophy, “Stream of Consciousness”, captures human consciousness as a dynamic series of images and ideas. De Paola captures this world that extends deep into our thoughts in the form of photographs. His images, which look as if they were taken from a scene in a movie, invite the viewer into a momentary narrative, they evoke a sense of primordial beauty. The intersection of visual contrasts and subtle blurring of expression evoke the memories and emo-tions of each viewer and make them imagine a new story.
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© Mark de Paola
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© Mark de Paola
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© Mark de Paola
Stream of Consciousness is a portal into me, into my simultaneity of thought and my exploration between person and landscape. I imagine these images as if they are from cinema - odd frames from my mind hung together to exist as their own narrative for fleeting time. Visual contrasts of fire and water, light and shadow, flesh and earth, become skin for a primal frame in silence.
Mark de Paola
Mark de Paola
A New York City-based photographer and director with many years of experience shooting campaign and fine art commissions for the likes of Vogue Spain, Vogue Mexico, Gucci, Oscar de la Renta, Prabal Gurung, Aveda, Estée Lauder, Brioni, and Saint Laurent. De Paola has directed several hundred television spots including those for Giorgio RED Perfume (Bergdorf Goodman windows and MoMA NY), Donna Karan, Ducati, Leica Camera, Sony, Neutrogena, and Ford Motorsports.
De Paola's fine artwork is included in public collections such as MoMA NY, The Getty, and the TOP Museum Tokyo. His photography monographs Recent Work I (2018), Recent Work II (2019), and Five Years and Sixty Seconds (2020) can be found with Leica Camera retailers in major cities worldwide. De Paola's solo exhibitions have traveled around the world including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dali (China), Tokyo, Milan (Triennale Museum), and at home in New York City. De Paola’s forthcoming feature film A Stab At Heaven stars Ema McKie in a powerful nonfiction narrative, and is currently in development on feature The Final Film and in pre-production for feature and limited series betterthandead.
De Paola's pictorialist work as a still and motion artist has been driven by his studies of the neurobiology and cognitive psychology of human vision.
Leica Gallery Omotesando
5-16-15, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo,
150-0001
Japon