Christine Tjia

With the help of D.D. and Google Reader, I stumbled onto the website of Fulvio Bonavia, who is an award winning Italian photographer and selected as Photographer of the year as part of 2009 Mobius Awards.

Bonavia started out as a graphic designer and illustrator of film posters before becoming an international advertising and editorial photographer. He has shot for international reputable clients like Heineken, Adidas but he is well known for his campaigns for the automotive companies like Alfa Romeo, Jaguar, BMW, Audi, Daimler Chrysler and Saab. His works has been recognized as well as honored by Communication Arts, PDN, the Italian Art Directors Club and the International Photography Awards.

I was personally intrigued by his conceptual photos (some shown as below) of food as fashion in A Matter of Taste, published by Hachette Australia in 2008. His work pushes the boundary of the norm, which makes you look at ordinary things in another new perspective, even if you don't think it's possible. A French edition was later published in 2009 and some of the images was exhibited at the La Grande Epicerie in Paris.

Pics - http://www.fulviobonavia.com/

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