Marco Costa

This is a portrait that I took of Marco Costa in his home. Marco is an up and coming

roman director, and I was working with him on the promotional photography for his

stage production La Giovine Italia. I kind of improvised the shot after we got home from

a long day shooting the cast, pulling a few props together in front of his red walls, and

setting up one Metz 45, which i bounced off of the ceiling, as the only light source. I

had EPP in the magazine of my Hasselblad, and that is what it was shot on, at 200

ASA for cross processing.

A thoughtful study of an interesting person. The old manual typewriter adds charm. The victrola on the left seems extraneous as well as the hanging out toes. But it serves to show what he furnishes his place with and adds some interest it could be argued. The overall red theme is a good one for his dark looks. Nice work. Dramatic.

The wall, clock, mushroom table and couch are part of his flat. the foot is a childhood toy. however most of the props are actually pieces of props from his films and plays. I decided to put the typewriter there as most of his bread and butter is writing for TV, and a computer never looks good, obviously. I think it was an old Imperial, that weighed more than 30kg.

 

some people just have colours. Costa is red. I am a surrogate orange.

 

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Very effective use of color to capture the viewer's imagination and locate the subject for us. I like his direct eye contact, and the green tones you've used offset the red and orange nicely. It has a contemporary feel, artfully appropriate.

maybe burn in the print on the page in the typewriter?