Memento mori (remember that you have to die) is the medieval Latin theory and practice of reflection on mortality, especially as a means of considering the vanity of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. In art, memento mori is the artistic or symbolic reminders of mortality.
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“Light enhances but its shadow deletes, thus giving the picture its depth, its third dimension and its subtractive properties…My photographs convey my ideas, passions, monsters, who I am and what is on my mind…I feel like a sailor, or better, like an explorer of the immense universe of art. The artist is a discoverer in search of the keys that open the [[door]] to emotions and feelings. Art is the place where rationality, fantasy, truth and fiction mix up in a detonating mixture.” Augusto De Luca
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About the Photographer: Augusto De Luca was a Law graduate, who became a professional photographer in the mid-1970s, working along the boundary between traditional and experimental photography. With his style, he has been going through multiple photography genres, making use of many materials, always trying with his snapshots to enhance primary elements, minimal expression units that make up images in which shapes and signs combine in a way that is reminiscent of metaphysical atmospheres. His photographs have been exhibited by many galleries.
De Luca is the author of record covers, advertising campaign pictures and photography books. He taught photography at the “Montecitorio Club” of the Italian Parliament. In 1996, De Luca was awarded the "Città di Roma" Prize together with Ennio Morricone for the book Roma Nostra.