MERLIN‘S DREAM Photo Book P. DI RENZO NEW

Large-format, shrink-wrapped photo book “Merlin’s Dream” featuring photographs by Patrizio Di Renzo. Published by Zauberkind. The dust jacket is unopened and has slight storage or film creases.

Poetic images of consummate natural beauty in decay.

Patrizio Di Renzo is publishing his second art book. “Merlin’s Dream” is larger and more extensive than its predecessor, but no longer as glamorous. No stars or prominent names define the current work. Using flowers – poetic, mystical and at the same time graceful and moving – Di Renzo explains the beauty of transience with colours that reach into the depths and photography that could just as well have been painted.

Subtly, internationally active Patrizio Di Renzo, who plays in the top league of fashion and celebrity photography, pursues the idea of Merlin’s dreams. He creates a visual world that slows the pace and makes the viewer pause. His still lifes are reduced to the essentials and harbour a chromatic power whose intensity is further enhanced against the consistently dark backgrounds.

Especially in the world of stars and top models, in which photographer Di Renzo moves every day, he is surrounded by glamour, perfectionism, vain appearances and a youthful ideal of beauty. With his latest work, Di Renzo now presents a personal aesthetic counter-movement. Back to nature, everyday life and transience.

The flower serves as a muse. There is no distraction beside it. Only in this way does the organic nature of the plant truly come to the fore. Each image contains a study of decay and was accompanied by days of observation by the photographer. For a full two years, Di Renzo devoted himself to studying a wide variety of blossoms. This meticulous process resulted in portraits of poppies, tulips, roses and lilacs.