All photography by Matteo Patocchi
After studying Graphic Design in Switzerland, what is ed Matteo Patocchi relocated to London to graduate in photography. This collection, order entitled ‘Houston I Have a Dream’ is an exclusive for Amelia’s Magazine.
His dreamy style is reminiscent of Corinne Day (her bohemian phase, sickness not the heroin one) with the essence of Lance Acord’s cinematography thrown in the mix, and like any good creative, the strong elements of storytelling flow through his work. ‘Houston, We Have a Dream’ was Patocchi’s concept, centred around the idea of a young fan of the Astronaut, Neil Armstrong whose reality she visits in her dreams.
Matteo Patocchi: “These photographs depict a girl who’s transported from reality into a dream. She’s the girl next door, passionate about Neil Armstrong’s expeditions. One day she falls asleep, finding herself mesmerized and nostalgic; dreaming about some of her imaginary places. Eventually she wake up at home, but we are not sure if the dream has ended yet.”
Whilst retaining an aesthetic that would easily fit into a fashion editorial spread, there’s a low-fi creative spark to this series of photographs, especially considering they are taken in Patocchi’s apartment using mostly natural light to evoke a dreamlike reality, playing with texture and colour to create a simple but effective narrative structure. What I especially like about this collection is the juxtaposition of subjects. When I think about space travel and NASA, several things come into my head. Steel, phallic looking spacecrafts, chunky bubblesuits and inexplicably, Bruce Willis. Aside from clearly being a scientific luddite, my connatations with Astronautics are not feminine, soft and feminine, which is exactly what these photographs are.
Matteo Patocchi is currently working on a series of photographs and visual installations based on playgrounds captured at night, to reveal strange alternative landscapes. Hopefully we’ll be seeing a lot more of this photographer, but in the meantime, more images can be found on his website.
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