Artist Statement
I photograph alterity as a means of insistence. Drawing from the formal aesthetics of classical painting and the stark lighting of film noir, I deify the unknown figures of an imagined underground.
Francesca Romeo lives and works in Los Angeles and New York City. She attended UC Berkeley as an undergraduate where she studied English Literature and later she received a dual Master’s degree from Pratt Institute in Photography and Art History. Her primary interest is in documentary photography and cinema verité. She has self-published two books of photographs, entitled Mars and Elegy. Mars chronicles her years working as a bartender in which, she interviewed, photographed, and filmed her patrons struggling with severe addictions to cocaine, alcohol and heroin. Elegy extends outward into her subjects homes while looking at the nature of pathos and intimacy within various subcultures. Her work has been exhibited at: Art In General, A.M. Richards Gallery, PS 122, the University of Southern Illinois and at Daniel Cooney Fine Art in Manhattan. Aside from her images, Francesca also writes creative non-fiction and photo criticism.
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