Bertolami Fine Art - Piazza Lovatelli 1, 00186 Roma
AUCTION 333 – Photographs from important european collections Auction 333 – Photographs from important european collections
venerdì 11 aprile 2025 ore 17:00 (UTC +01:00)
VITTORIO STORARO (Roma, 1940 - ) The Way 2019
VITTORIO STORARO (Roma, 1940 - )
The Way 2019
Lambda print
2019
Cm. 100 x 200
Limited edition of 250
Signed on front bottom right
Certificate of authenticity from “Storaro Art”
The image with the photograph of Marlon Brando is taken from the film
“Apocalypse Now” by Francis Ford Coppola
Three-time Oscar winner for photography Vittorio Storaro, for
Apocalypse Now, Reds and The Last Emperor, has never
stopped studying to refine his technique and photographic
composition; colors are used to create psychological effects and
influence emotions.
“Apocalypse Now” from 1979 is not only a cinematographic
product of considerable importance but also a true
artistic product: photography is part of the expressive
architecture of the film in such a significant way that
it takes on a fundamental role in the poetics of the entire film.
The image of the work refers to the crucial sequence of the film;
the central character, Colonel Kurtz / Marlon Brando, enters
the scene through some photographic reproductions shown to
the one who will become his executioner.
The representation has a clear evocative function; it refers
to an individual whose features and voice we know but who
is elusive from a psychological point of view; It is in the revelation of
this dark point that the portraits of Colonel Kurtz
lead the viewer to understand his mysterious and
anguished side
