COPRO GALLERY
ALLAN AMATO: SKIN
AugusT 12 - 26, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 12, 6-10PM
Closing Party: Saturday, August 26, 4PM-8PM
ALLAN AMATO presents a book signing and release party for his latest book 'Skin'. A Wide array of the photographs from the book will be on exhibition and Allan and many of the models will be present at the opening and book signing.
The Genesis of SKIN - After publishing three books of fine art nudes, photographer Allan Amato wanted to create something more in the spirit of his early idols; Albert Watson, Richard Avedon, Annie Leibowitz.
Something immense, beautiful and black and white. More like a book of portraits - naked portraits for sure - allowing him to include every possible ethnicity, gender, shape, age - every kind of human within a 5 year timeline.
"Having done this work for 16 years now, what tends to stick with me are the comments I occasionally receive about how it feels to be seen for the first time. So there was this drift away from shooting models to shooting people, in a sense. And that's what I want more than anything for SKIN. While there are of course some amazing models in the book, my focus was as wide as I could make it. I want everyone to see themselves somewhere inside. Each of us is a language. I think of SKIN as a Rosetta Stone. A decryption key allowing us to translate each other. And perhaps ultimately ourselves.
Copro Gallery, Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave., #T5, Santa Monica, CA 90404
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