Eric Ceccarini
Eric Ceccarini, a photographer of Italian origin born in 1965, graduated in photography in Belgium in 1987 where he spent most of his career before settling in Ibiza. With extensive experience in the demanding sectors of advertising and fashion, he collaborates with prestigious clients, agencies, and magazines such as Elle, Marie-Claire, L’Oréal, Levi’s, Coca-Cola, Virgin, Saab, Delvaux, Chopard, Lowe Lintas, and Ogilvy. His talent is consecrated by a Silver Lion at the Cannes International Advertising Festival, a recognition that marks his technical excellence and unique creative vision. Nevertheless, beyond this commercial success, Eric has been developing a personal artistic approach for several years, radically purified, based on the study of the body in natural light, without any technical artifice—a quest for aesthetics where softness, velvet, and pictorial dimension transform each image into a living painting.
Son rayonnement artistique repose sur deux séries majeures qui incarnent sa philosophie visuelle. La série “Nudes” (2006), réalisée uniquement à la lumière naturelle d’atelier de peintre, utilise des vitesses d’obturation très lentes permettant de capturer le caractère unique de chacun de ses modèles. Cette technique révèle une sensualité sublime parfois aux limites de l’abstraction, transcendant le simple aspect physique pour saisir l’essence et l’âme des corps féminins. Puis vient “Amnios” (2008), suite de silhouettes diaphanes où les modèles semblent littéralement flotter, tenus en suspension dans un espace hors du temps. Les formes et lignes des corps se déploient avec une sensualité retenue, dissimulées ou protégées par une membrane invisible qui nous sépare d’eux. La taille monumentale des tirages impressionne et ajoute à la puissance contenue de ces femmes, créant une expérience visuelle immersive où la photographie dialogue avec la sculpture et la peinture classique.
Beyond technical virtuosity, Eric Ceccarini embodies the photographer-poet paying homage to the beauty of the female body with respect and contemplation. His artistic research never aims at exploitation or provocation but seeks to capture that immaterial dimension that makes the humanity of his models: their presence, vulnerability, inner strength. By prioritizing natural light and prolonged exposure times, he inscribes his work in a lineage with the masters of painting while exploring the contemporary possibilities of the photographic image. His velvet compositions, almost oneiric, invite the spectator to a silent meditation on the beauty, fragility, and timelessness of the human body, transforming each print into a sensory and spiritual experience.
The works of Eric Ceccarini
