Domenico Foschi
7229 Painter Ave. Apt. #4
Whittier, CA 90602
562.895.6926
domenico@dslextreme.com
Purchasing Images
Every image has a different degree of difficulty in the printing stage, which is an important factor in evaluating the price of a photograph. Please select the image you prefer and contact me for pricing. I offer two types of high quality prints: Original Silver Prints and Digital Type C Prints.
Original Silver Prints are images printed by me, the author, on Fiber Based Double Weight Paper using traditional photographic processes. These photographs are treated at archival standards, signed and numerated according to the limited edition sequence. . The prices of the Silver Prints will be subject to changes as the sales get closer to the end of the edition. Turnaround time: Two weeks plus the time necessary for delivery.
Digital Type C Prints |
Silver Prints |
4 X 5 |
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5 X 7 |
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8 X 10 |
8 X 10 |
11 X 14 |
11 X 14 |
16 X 20 |
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20 X 24 |
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24 X 30 |
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Artist's Bio
Domenico Foschi was born in Bari, Italy, in 1962. Although constantly exploring different kinds of creative media since childhood, he discovered a love for photography after stealing his brother's camera to document a short trip. He was nineteen at the time.
Unable to afford a formal education in photography, he turned to books in order to learn the techniques of the masters. Domenico found power in the photographic expression of Alvin Langdon Coburn, Kertesz, Steichen, Stieglitz, Strand, Sander, Penn, Avedon and Mapplethorpe; all of pivotal importance in his inspiration as a Fine Art photographer. Working in the Sergio Guidetti Studio Fotografico, Domenico received hands on training in wet plate processes, the use of large format cameras, and developing and printing techniques.
Domenico then put his skill to a different use and worked as a freelance commercial photographer in Ravenna, his home-town, shooting primarily for magazines, newspapers, city administration and political figures. However, he eventually realized that commercial photography did not allow him to express his creativity in a personal way.
Domenico moved to the U. S. in 1989, an opportunity which has afforded him the production of four different portfolios; ranging from portraits, Urban Landscapes, Still Life, and images of cemetery statuaries. Despite his fine art focus, Domenico has not abandoned all commercial work given he has occasionally created CD covers for recording artists.
D. F. has won awards and honorable mentions for his Fine Art work and his images are in collections throughout the United States, Europe and Latin America.
Artist's Statement
I believe Art has many functions, one being as vehicle that allows us to explore our own and the Universal Truth. An artist has the duty to support the idea that beauty has infinite facets and that light and acceptance are necessary ingredients to reveal beauty in everything, in every aspect of life, as horrible as it may be.
Eyes are deceiving, truth lies in the heart.
My photography is strictly influenced by memories, life experiences. The images are roadmaps to my inner world, sometime testimonials of a found past, sometimes symptoms of roads yet to explore.
Although I do use modern lenses which provide a sharp rendition of the subject, I prefer to work mainly with old brass lenses dated around 1860's. These tools, because of their optical design help me to achieve mood in my images. Areas out of focus carry an important weight in my work: they are the equivalent of reading between the lines in poetry; they open the doors to an unknown imagery, where shapes, although still vaguely familiar, simultaneously challenge and lure us to a softer and more exciting world.
These tools, together with the use of large format cameras (4 x 5, 8 x 10) and the shooting and printing techniques employed, act as filters through which the image is born.
I challenge myself in tackling every different portfolio by utilizing different techniques. The motivation for this approach is that I find the world of photography excitingly vast and getting stuck in one look or technique would be gimmicky and unchallenging.
Resume
Born: Bari, Italy - 5 / 2 / 1962
Education & Internship
1985 Assistant photographer for Guidetti Photo studio, Bologna, Italy
1982 Liceo Scientifico A. Oriani, Ravenna, Italy
Grants / Awards
1999 First prize award Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts in Los Angeles, CA
2000 Second prize award Hillcrest festival of fine arts in Los Angeles, CA
2000 Honorable mention Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts in Los Angeles, CA
2002 Second prize Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts in Los Angeles, CA
2005 B&W Magazine
2006 SIlver Contest Master Printer Category
Solo Exhibitions
1999 Personal show at Muckentaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2004 Viaggio fotografico: images by an Italian photographer from his motherland and other realities.
2005 Solo show Chop Chop Salon/Gallery, Hollywood, Ca
Group exhibitions
1999 Show with sculptor Leon Leigh at Whittier Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
2002 Group Show Arameic Center, Whittier, CA
2002 Group Show Blue Bird Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Group show: "It's Just Us", fundraiser for Tsunami victims, at the Standard Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles
2006 Lev Moross Gallery, Hollywood, Ca.
8/2006 JFerrari Gallery, Atwater Village, Ca.
10/2006 The JR Gallery, Manhattan Beach, Ca.
10/2006 Blue Bird Art House, WHittier, Ca
10/2006 NoHo Gallery LA, North Hollywood, Ca.
11/2006 Shut Up and Shoot, Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, Ca.
12/2006 "Miniatures", Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, Ca
1/2007 " Venezia e Dintorni" 2 artists show with painter Ernest Lacy at the Mary Paxon Gallery, Norwalk, Ca
2/2007 "Photo exhibit", Casita del Pueblo, Whittier, Ca.
3/2007 "Vetrina d'Artista" at BacArt Studio in Venice, Italy.
6/2007 "Call for Entries" Cultural Art Center, Pico Rivera, Ca.
7/2007 "A Black&White Photography Show" J.Ferrari Gallery, Atwater Village, Ca.
7/2007 "Open Call 2007" Los ANgeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los ANgeles, Ca.
9/2007 New Members Exhibit, Barnsdall Municipal Gallery, Los ANgeles, Ca.
10/2007 "Sacred Memory" Pico House, Los ANgeles, Ca
11/2007 "Group Show" Mainstream Gallery, Burbank, Ca.
1/2008 Los Angeles County Museum of Art gallery, Los Angeles, ca.
2/2008 Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts, La Habra Heights, Ca
3/2008 "Black and White" Installation at the Los Angeles International Airport, Ca.
3/2008 Guest Artist at the Palm Springs Photo Festival, Palm Springs
Commissions
1985 City of Ravenna, Italy
1985 L’Archidea Magazine, Ravenna, Italy
1985 Newspaper “Il resto del Carlino”, Ravenna, Italy
1985 Newspaper “L’Unita”, Ravenna, Italy
1985 Italian National Socialist Party
1987 Interhome Real estate agency, Zurhig, Ch
1988 City of Ravenna, Italy
1988 City of Bagnacavallo, Italy
1998 Jacob’s Ladder Rock Band, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Jon Varto recording artist, Los Angeles, CA
1999 WAR Rock Band, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Chocolate Covered World Rock Band, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Orange Coast Magazine, Huntington Beach, CA
2005 Modern Art Editions, New Jersey
Bibliography
1987Tradizione risorgimentale e collezionismo privato, editing house Longo Ravenna, Italy
1/16/2001Priscilla Vayda, “Photographs fill walls of Whittier Art Gallery”, Whittier Daily News
1/13/1999 Valerie Marrs, “Mixed media art show blends two talents”, Whittier Daily News,
3/15/2002 Jeanne Lazo, “Festival fine, Artful”, Whittier Daily News
2005 B&W Magazine, Arroyo Grande, Ca
2/2006 Los Angeles Journal, Los ANgeles, Ca.
2/2006 View Camera Magazine, NM
2007 SIlver Contest Catalog
1/28/2008 WHittier Daily news
2008 Creative Image Maker Magazine, UK.
Current Employment
Self employed (Domenico Foschi Photography)
Representations
Andrew M. Ward Photography Dealer, Los Angeles Soho Myriad Art Consulting Services, Atlanta, Los Angeles Carol Rubenstein Associates Fine Art Consultants, Philadelphia