Copyright Vanessa Vettorello
Why we liked it: the projection room of an Indian movie theatre turns into three separate spaces where light, shadows and the human element form into composing a very insightful portrait.
Vanessa, tell us about you.
I’ve started taking pictures ten years ago, a few years after I won a scholarship to attend a three-year course in photography at the IED of Turin (Italy). I graduated last year with honors and I’m now a freelance photographer. I am represented by Phos Agency (http://www.phosfotografia.com/vanessa-vettorello).
What can you share with us about this picture?
This photo was taken in May 2011 in an old cinema in Pune. The old cinemas are closing down and big cineplexes are replacing them, a lot of people will lose their jobs and most people cannot afford the ticket for the multiplex.
This picture is part of the Bollywood Cinema series, which was my final project for IED that I plan to continue in the future.
What motivated you to participate in our contest?
My project on Bollywood is quite new and it’s a work in progress, so I wanted to show it to somebody.
Do you travel a lot? where have you been recently?
Not as much as I would like, I travel a lot in Europe because of my work but I’d like to go even farther.
Have you been to India many times?
Only in the area around Bollywood, but I’d like to see the other parts of the country.
What is your take on the country and its people?
I like very much its people, I have some friends there, we keep in touch.
I have been very well received and I also like their ways of always being late for appointments, like me and my countrymen! It’s a slow and fast country at the same time, complex and fascinating.
Do you have any other projects you are working on now?
I will soon go to Teheran for a photographic project on women and music.
What is your long-term goal with photography
I’d like to live only by portraits and reportage. I’d like to leave commercial photography.
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