Gianfranco Merati · Winner Collectors Art Prize

Gianfranco Merati (b. Asmara, Eritrea, Africa) is an Italian photographer based in London. Gianfranco’s motivation as a photographer is that “beauty is everywhere”. He seeks to reveal it. For the last decade he has been developing his photographic practice, through building skills and reflecting on projects.

Gianfranco’s focus is on abstract and conceptual photography, where most of his recent work has developed. Exploring the complex geometry found within nature, he has created many photographic series including projects revealing tessellating patterns within insects’ wings; magnetic fluid ‘pulled’ into rippling miniature landscapes; surreal shapes given to melted sugar; striking electricity lightning that dissipates through the air; and more.

Projects are often the result of research into the properties of certain materials or phenomena and, in the most complex cases, may last for several weeks or months. At times, however, ideas spark from very simple things, like the observation of leaves that have fallen from a tree and that decay, but yet preserve a striking beauty in their inner structure.

Using both high-tech methods and innovative use of basic means, each final image is exacting and verging on the unreal. This, despite the fact that Gianfranco does not manipulate his images digitally to create any illusions in his work.

Web: www.gmerati.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gianfrancomerati
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gianfranco-a-merati-b24157228
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A Tribute to Piero and Vassily, 2023.

Resonance, 2025.

Alchemy of Life, 2023.

Electric Trees, 2023.

186 Degrees, 2021.