CRISTINA COCULLO Born in Pavia (Northern Italy) in 1972. Cocullo is a graduate of European Design Institute in Milan and went on to specialise in photographic techniques and the printing process in London. Dividing her time between London and Italy, she has acted in an editorial capacity for a number of publications. Two solo exhibitions, The Human Side of Toys (Pavia, Cairoli College University of Pavia, Milan, Galleria OfficinaFotgrafica Bologna, St Maria Della Salute Museum) 2001 and Hands, a group touring exhibition organised by D’Ars Agency (Milan, Bologna and Trento, 2001) saw Cocullo recognised for her talent. She won Young European Artist Prize (Castello Visconteo, 2001) and went on to be awarded RHS Photographic Prize (London 2003). With images published in Arte, G.
Mondadori, Books Ed. Casa delMantegna, Neue
Zurcher Zeitung and MarieClaire,
Cocullo’s next project in 2004 involved matching seven of her images to poetry
in a book entitled “Seven Short Poems” by Daniel Weissbort. She was, in 2008, to collaborate with
Sebastiano Benevelli, providing seven images for his booklet “Lo stato delle cose: svegliarsi a Londra,
camminare a Milano, addormentarsi a In 2005 she exhibited both solo and in collaboration; ‘Undicistanti’ was her solo exhibition
at The Foundry, London.
Followed by two group exhibitions ‘We
are all Photographers Now!’ at the Musée During March-April 2009 she was part of a joint exhibition with the photographer Emanuela Franchini titled “Heterological Boundaries” at the Mayfair Library, London. In May-July 2009 Southwark Cathedral, London hosted her solo exhibition, "The 11 Commandments". "HeterologicalBoundaries 2" followed with new works added and featured at The Foundry, London, during October 2009. Her most recent project during November/December 2009 saw her as part of the group exhibition “Telling Tales”.
EMANUELA FRANCHINI Born in Genoa, Italy in 1971. A move to London in 1999 fueled her existing passion for photography and she began working with an advertising agency, exploring and developing her visual creativity which led her to experiment with the art of self-portraiture, focusing on everyday life with a twist. In July 2007 her
passion began to pay dividends and
her image entitled “Cheap 70’s Porn”,
a
self portrait, was used by the In 2008 three of her images were published in the October and December issues of the online art magazine Platform58 and the Canadian online magazine Toro Magazine have published an interview together with some of her self portraits in the January 2009 issue. In a striking contrast that befits her paradoxical nature, she has been the photographer for the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League at the Field of Remembrance and at the private conference at Canada House with Prince Philip. In February 2009 Emanuela was commissioned by the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League to shoot a portrait of Prince Philip, which will officially give her the moniker of a ‘Royal Photographer’. 2009 and demand for her compositions increases as seven of her images have been published in an art booklet by Signum Art Publishing (Italy). She has been part of a joint exhibition with the photographer Cristina Cocullo entitled “Heterological Boundaries” at the Mayfair Library, London during March-April 2009. Recently new works have been added to “Heterological Boundaries” giving the opportunity to show more material this time at the Foundry in London during October 2009. During November/December 2009 she was part of the group exhibition “Telling Tales” at the Mayfair Library in London. |
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