AWARD WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER CRISTINA CORAL
Cristina is an award-winning photographer based in Italy, specialized in creative and fine art photography. Her dreamy and mysterious photographs are like a mirror in which the inner dialogue resides. She loves to explore the complex relationship between subject and environment.
The visual artist has collaborated with a variety of brands and her works have been published and featured on several magazines such as Metal, Ideat, Vogue Italy, Kinfolk, Marie Claire, Elle, GUP, Wall Street International and many others. Additionally, her works were exhibited at Galleria Carla Sozzani in Milan, Leica Gallery in Milan, Somerset House in London, Base in Milan for the first PhotoVogue Festival 2016, Santa Maria della Scala in Siena, and Contact photography Festival in Toronto to name a few. Among her recognitions are two gold medals at Px3 Paris, Winner of The Uncanny Contest by Gregory Crewdson and Vogue Italia, Shortlisted at Sony World Photography Awards and Alpha Female Award 2020, and Hasselblad Master finalist 2021 in the Art category.
Tell us about your greatest inspirations or influences please.
Everyday life is my favorite source of inspiration, nevertheless, memories are also a relevant theme and very present in my work as they make us who we are.
How are the current trends in technology and innovation affecting your work as a creative?
Certainly the innovative solutions help to develop different photography techniques and improve the quality of the final product, however, creativity is an innate gift, independent from technology.
We’d love to hear more about your creative process. How do you normally tend to work from the point you have an idea to finally having your work ready to share with the world?
I spend a lot of time scouting for the right place and when I find it, I immediately recognize it because it activates my creativity and my imagination. Every single aspect plays a major role in my photography. My work and research for aesthetics towards beauty are a consequence of a very detailed analysis.
What do you think of the art world and how it works in general?
I believe creating art means to follow a path from design to realization. It is necessary to maintain a poetic and personal vision, and within a work there must be a logic even if the interpretations may be different. Art today has fewer rules than it once did and for this reason it is more difficult and not for everyone. The world of image is constantly changing, but a work of art remains so forever.
Anything coming up that we should know about?
I work on several projects at the same time. Currently , I am finishing a work for an interior designer.
What does wellbeing mean to you and anything in particular that you practice?
Having a sense of wellbeing plays a fundamental role in helping us overcome difficulties and achieve our goals in life. I believe every artist plays a different but necessary part in contributing to the wellbeing of our society, as art is the vehicle for expressing universal emotion. It is important to have a balance between body, psych and what surrounds us without forgetting that creation sometimes can be painful.
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