Moving to Wordpress.com

I am moving my blog to Wordpress.com.

Please feel free to check out my new blog at this address

http://lucalacche.wordpress.com

Thanks.

"Visions Intemporelles" exhibition in France

Two of my early Lensbaby works (Nice, France, 2006), Promenade and Deco Shades, are going to be included in the "Visions Intemporelles" exhibition in France (Galerie de la Tour de l'Horloge - Château des Ravalet - Tourlaville, France, oct. 25 - nov. 9 2008).

Many thanks to Bruno Mercier for inviting me.

Feature in F-stop Magazine issue #31 "Focus"

F-stop Magazine is featuring in his most recent issue, themed "Focus", four of my recent and not-so-recent selective focus Original Lensbaby works in the "group exhibit" here.

One of the four photos, the Singapore Mosque's dome, is also featured on the front page.

Many thanks to F-stop Magazine.

The coffee cup - Solo exhibition

The coffee cup, solo exhibition in historic downtown Fabriano, Le Marche, Italy at Via Balbo 31 Mangiaria, April 24th - May 22nd. Curated by Fabio Marcelli and Rossella Rinaldi, featuring 15 recent pieces printed in A3 on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl 320.

The presentation by Rossella Rinaldi, in Italian, is here.

Many thanks to Domenico Carbone.

"Lensbabies Gurus" feature on Lensbabies.com

Lensbabies.com just inaugurated a brand new section of their site, the Lensbabies Gurus. As a part of LB's "Training Center", the Gurus page features twenty photographers who have mastered the Lensbaby (their words) and that includes myself here, with a short bio and a selection of sixteen recent and not-so-recent selective focus works.

Many thanks (once again) to the Lensbabies Team (really appreciated guys).

"Luca Lacche: In His Own Words " - Article by Damon Webster on PhotoInduced.com

Today the Los Angeles-based PhotoInduced.com web-magazine published an article about me and my photography.

PhotoInduced.com also made a gallery feature including 25 of my works here.

Many thanks to Damon Webster of PhotoInduced.com.

End of 2007 update

Well it's been a while... Time to update this blog with some personal stuff.

Just a few days before my trip to Asia (early September, see the Travelogue porfolios) Lensbabies contacted me about the use of my works, name, quotes for advertising the Original Lensbaby - as a fact this lens has become my favorite piece of photo equipment since the first time I tried it (Spring 2007). This is what came out of it so far:

• Original Lensbaby ad on Camera Arts Magazine, november / december 2007 issue
• Original Lensbaby ad on Light Leaks Magazine, december 2007 issue
• 'Lo Sguardo Vago' and 'Le Finestre E La Memoria' featured on the Fine Art and Travel galleries on Original Lensbaby's page on Lensbabies' website
• Lensbabies catalog for the Society for Photographic Education Conference, Denver CO, March 2008
• FILE Magazine - The Lensbabies Gallery Inauguration (December 2007)

Moreover, very recent news is the upcoming interview for Swedish magazine Kamera & Bild.

This is all for today... ciao a tutti.

Craig Corbin’s new website.

Craig Corbin has opened a brand new website at www.craigcorbinart.com.

I’ve been following his art since the “virtual sculptures” from some time ago… then I saw his Holga photography. Manipulation and photography actually blend so well in his art, the natural blur of the plastic lens is in perfect and transparent symbiosis with the objects (real and virtual) and the composition (always evocative, often in a dark dreamy mood)… but his non-manipulated Holga (and not only) photos are, from a photographer’s point of view, his forte –disarming in their simplicity and at the same time so incredibly powerful and profound. His photos and their mood, atmosphere, tones, composition have been a real inspiration (I should say influence, no escape!) for me, especially since I’ve started doing selective focus.

Best of luck to Craig for his new projects.

Denis Olivier in Bordeaux - Voyage / temps suspendu exhibition.

Another one I'd definitely like to see. Denis's work is a lesson of art and style every time. Those of you who are able to make it to Bordeaux, France... do not miss it.

Bruno Mercier in Paris – De lumière et de vent exhibition.

A must-see if you are in Paris area, France, Europe (or wherever). Great visionary b&w photography –what impresses me mostly in Bruno’s art is the incredible dynamism, the tension, and the way he can give such a vivid impression of life to inanimate subjects. Don’t miss it if you can.