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Folium 3, 2024
Francesco Mussida  

Photography : silver print · 46 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm 18.1 x 12 x 0.1 inch · Ready to hang

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Photography : numbered and limited to 10 copies

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46 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm 18.1 x 12 x 0.1 inch Height x Width x Depth

Artwork dimensions including frame

62 x 47 x 4 cm 24.4 x 18.5 x 1.6 inch

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Limited Edition of 10.

Time and movement, ours and that of plants, are united in this shot in an image that sums up, at least for me, the heart of this series, which appears so abstract and unreal, yet definitively real, like the plant that drew this image.

The series began in 2019, when I was imagining the kind of images I wanted to exist: not documents of plants, but visual expressions of presence, soul, and silence. I wasn't looking for forms. I was listening for gestures.

I experimented for months with different films, exposure times, light and motion. Eventually, something appeared: a visual rhythm that felt alive, emotional, quiet and yet powerful.

We tend to see plants as static. But to me, they move constantly — in ways we often fail to notice.

Folium 3 is my way of making those movements visible. 
 

Abstract

Black and white

Botany

Delicate

Nature

Grey

Francesco Mussida, Folium 3
Italy  • 1974

Presentation

I'm Francesco Mussida, an Italian fine art photographer and darkroom fine art printer working exclusively with black and white analog processes.
My studio is based in Abruzzo (Italy), I work with vintage cameras, film, and silver gelatin paper.

My main focus is the relationship between humans and the plant world, explored through posture, gesture, and the emotional qualities of form. I aim to reveal not only what nature looks like, but how it feels.

I choose to photograph analog to preserve the natural distance between observer and subject. In a world dominated by speed and control, I value variables: time, light, movements and the imperfections they bring.

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