Clorofilla
Clorofilla explores the invisible through infrared photography. In a portrait-like approach,subjects such as trees become symbolic protagonists. A carefully researched,limited chromatic palette and essential composition emerge from the infrared processing, transforming reality,questioning perception
About Artist
Dave Tavanti
I began my photographic journey through portraiture, which later led me to a very different project: Clorofilla. Clorofilla is an artistic project using infrared photography to explore the boundary between the visible and invisible. While focusing on subjects such as trees, the approach is portrait-like rather than landscape-oriented: each subject becomes a protagonist, carrying symbolic and psychological significance. Through infrared technology and refined color processing, the project reveals a parallel reality that exists beyond human perception, always present, yet unseen. This hidden spectrum becomes a metaphor for the limits of knowledge itself: we believe we see the world, but our vision captures only a fraction of what exists. Through an essential visual language and a composition that favors synthesis and subtraction, recalling elements of graphic arts, Clorofilla questions the certainty of perception, showing how reality shifts depending on the tools we use to observe it, challenging the illusion that what we see is all there is to know. CURRICULUM Publications: 2025 - Featured article and portfolio in "Tutti Fotografi" (Italy's leading photography magazine, founded 1969) Issue July/August Awards: IPA – International Photography Awards 2025 - 2nd place, Fine Art / Other Selected Exhibitions: - Diptych/Triptych – International Photography Exhibition - February 5 – 28, 2026 | The Glasgow Gallery of Photography – Scotland (Selected artist) - Clorofilla: May 17–31,2025 | GalleriaVillaContemporanea, Monza, Italy (solo) - DAK’ART OFF Milano 2024 Nov7–Dec8,2024 | Milan,Italy | under the patronage of Municipality of Milan – District 4 - (Selected artist) - International contemporary art exhibition 'Stati d'Arte' | Aug 3 – Sep 30, 2024 | Villa Fidelia, Spello, curated by Andrea Baffoni, under the patronage of the Umbria Region and the European Parliament (Selected artist) - Corofilla - April 1–10,2024 Perugia-Italy under the patronage of the Municipality of Perugia (solo)
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