Editorial Feature Gicléeeditionof95 ImageSize26"x 17½” FramedSize27½"x37½” £695 R aphael M azzucco
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1 Canadian, Vancouver-born photographer who now lives and works in the Long Island neighbourhood of Montauk 2 As a teenager he played football for Blackpool and Ipswich Town in the UK before heading back to Canada to play for the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Canadian music and fashion photographer before heading to New York in the mid 1990’s where his career took off 4 As a photographer he worked on global brand campaigns for Ralph Lauren, Guess, Calvin Klein and Victoria’s Secret 5 Celebrity portraits published in Vogue, Vanity Fair & Marie Claire 6 In 2011 published provocative and controversial art coffee table book called ‘Culo’ – photographs of ‘beautiful butts’ in collaboration with Sean ‘Diddy’ Coombes and record producer Jimmy Iovine 7 First UK exhibition ‘Montauk’ in 2014 was critically acclaimed and followed up by ‘Biophilia’ in 2016 8 Spring 2016 ‘The Raphael Mazzucco’ collection launched - a limited edition of four hand signed giclée prints Olympic Soccer Squad 3 Lived and worked in Italy, France and Holland establishing himself as a
its simplicity”, the sensual portrait of the Frida Kahlo ‘lookalike’ girl in Portrait , while in Mexico I , the female figure he maintains displays “my love of landscapes and connection to the earth.” In contrast, the classically sedate and alluring Chantal , with her striped ball gown and upright back at the keyboard, provides a counterpoint to the other three prints and which, Mazzucco says in typically relaxed style, “was shot at the home of this songwriter… she just sat at the piano and did her thing!” Mazzucco positively enjoys communicating with his legions of art fans. A prolific user of Instagram and other social media platforms, his approach is very democratic - “So
much of what I do is to do with giving; it has to do with encouraging the feelings of people looking at my work to be explored.” The new collec- tion ultimately triumphs because of the distillation of his myriad themes – beautiful women, exotic landscapes and imaginative use of colour. As GlynWashington sums up “What is certain is that this collection is both hugely inviting and a testament to his multi-talented abilities. Having reached the pinnacle of his career in photography, Mazzucco’s redirection into fine art has been brilliantly conceived and executed.” GALLERY The new collection from Raphael Mazzucco is available now. View online at castlegalleries.com
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