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Last updated 03:51 Wed 23 Apr 2008

24 year old french/italian photographer Baldovino Barani started his career in Paris, after dropping out of London's Central Saint Martins College, where he studied costume design. Armed only with his Rolleiflex camera and a suitcase full of vintage garments, he transformed an abandoned dressing room in the heart of Montmarte into his own photographic studio.
While testing for the development board at IMG models, he shot the first images of top up-and-coming news faces such as Anabela Belikova, Irina K, and Italian Vogue cover girl Kamila Filipcikova. During the next 2 years, Baldovino worked on building his portfolio, and strived to find his own visual aesthetic. Inspired by the work of the great Hollywood still photographers of the golden era, Clarence Sinclair Bull and George Hurrell, he crafted a special lighting set-up that he coined "iconic light". The photographs that emerged form this endeavour conjure up the essence of pure glamour, blending celluloid archetypes with post-modern attitudes. In order to stay true to his original vision, and to have full control over the final results, he assimilated digital retouching as well as hair and make-up skills and was able to produce most of his photographic work as a "one man band". Baldovino considers himself a nomad photographer, dividing his time between London, Hong Kong and Paris. He is currently shooting editorials for various international publications and compiling a book of fashion photographs based on a road-trip around Japanese ghost towns.

Website: http://baldovinobarani.atspace.com/