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Biography

Alessandro Puccinelli (b. 1969, Pisa) is an artists who works exclusively with photography as his medium.
His journey began by assisting commercial photographers, eventually establishing himself as an independent professional before discovering photography as a profound form of self-expression.
Over the years, Puccinelli has lived and worked in various locations, including Marina di Pisa, Brisbane, Lisbon, Alentejo region each deepening his connection to the sea, a central theme of his artistic practice.
His long-term photographic series, Mare, regarded by the artist as the cornerstone of his work, began in year 2005.
The series captures the sea in all its grandeur and contradictions, its powerful swells, storms, repetitions,shorelines, and the debris it gathers and returns.
Mare explores the infinite wonder of the sea but also the symbolic use of nature for reflecting inner human experiences.
Puccinelli’s bond with water and waves spans formative life moments, from childhood memories to learning to surf, to walking along its shores, living beside it, and later longing to reconnect through surfing.
For Puccinelli, the sea is a place where intimacy, refuge, dramatic intensity, and profound realizations converge.
His stark black-and-white photography freezes fleeting moments of the seas perpetual motion.
In many ways, his photographs draw a parallel between the sea’s supernatural qualities and the turbulence of the human psyche.
In this sense, his practice is rooted in personal experiences, much like the Romantic painters of the 18th century, whose work also sought to express the sublime and the emotional power of nature.
Yet, Puccinelli’s photography blends not only the enduring themes of nature with a sharp sensitivity, but also the challenges and anxieties of our contemporary world. In recent years, his photography feels like transitioning from black-and-white to experimenting more with color. Yet, Mare remains mainly  black and white.
While Mare remains Puccinelli’s central series, other projects like Furore, Identity Disruption, and Plastic Galaxy
act as extensions or explorations of this foundational theme, diving deeper into specific aspects of the ocean through experimental techniques.
Pucinelli’s work is represented by Sponder Gallery in Florida,
Iris Gallery in Massachusetts, Chroma Gallery in San Paulo.