An unstable live display. That becomes alive in a different way every time.
"Whatever You Think I Am That Is What I’m Not" is a “romantic” view of the contemporary society.
 
My work arises from the observation of human identity and focuses on the multilayered personae delivered in today's society. It explores human rituals and practices concerning the body as well as the games people play that induce a changeover from one iconic archetype to another.
 
Each work is an attempt to reconstruct a performance in which the border between reality and fiction vacillates just as when human beings are under the spell of habitual social behaviour. I look for the primeval essence accustomed to camouflage that unleashes its power when I ask my subjects to play with masks and props to disclose the depths of their being, revealing unsaid wishes and secrets.
 
This process allows me to connect with the intimate energy that I see in the people I take a picture of, both in staged portraits and in snap-shots. My work focuses mainly on portraits because I am fascinated by the unspoken negotiations each human being enacts with himself/herself in order show feelings. For me, this rituals express an instinctive magic that underscores each person's uniqueness and defines the meaning of individuality at large.
 
Alessandro Di Giampietro, 1972, Pescara, Ljubljana, Milan.