Paolo Ventura on Winter Stories from Aperture Foundation on Vimeo.

Watch an interview of artist Paolo Ventura in his studio discussing work from his new book Winter Stories (Aperture, October 2009). In this clip, Ventura explains the origin of the project as well as his inspirations. He also shows the different steps of his work leading to the final photograph, from the drawings, crafting the characters and sets, to his preliminary polaroids.

Join internationally acclaimed artist, Paolo Ventura, for a special evening of show-and-tell on Tuesday, October 13, 6:30 pm. with Aperture’s Book Editor, Denise Wolff, to celebrate Ventura’s new book, Winter Stories. Ventura will display many of his elaborate handmade sets, drawings, ephemera, and personal collections, sharing stories from the book and his life. He will also be available to sign copies of this just-released publication.
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Tags: Denise Wolff, Paolo Ventura, Winter Stories

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