MASKS Project - Babsi Jones Unmasked Photograph - Limited Edition of 1

Giclee fine art print on pure cotton Hahnemühle paper, 70 cm x 100 cm, mounted on 7.9 inches Gatofoarm Panel Year 2013, edition 1/8 The piece of art is part of The MASKS Project. The MASKS Project was designed with the aim of raising funds for the AIPI, The Italian Pulmonary Hypertension Association. The objective of Gianluigi di Napoli has collected in 40 shots the essence of the circus and the clown's mask, with the intent to produce a calendar. The project MASKS interprets the the clown's mask through 12 famous women from the world of entertainment, music, culture and sport, who interpreted the magic of the circus, expressing their own ideas of authenticity, strength and sensuality. The protagonists of the project that have been playing with their image to support AIPI: Federica Pellegrini, swimmer, Carolina Crescentini, Valeria Solarino, Scommegna Arianna, Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Paola Minaccioni, actresses, Petra Conti, etoile of Scala, Nathalie Moellhausen, fencer, Maria Buccellati, stylist, Babsi Jones, writer, Ilaria Porceddu, singer and Livia Azzariti, doctor and television anchorwoman. The make-up and was created by David Larible, the most famous living clown exclusively inventing and adapting elements of "classic" clown masks in the face of each subject. David was assisted by a team of highly skilled International Make-Up Artists. MASKS The project is held under the patronage of ONDa, National Observatory on Women's Health and in favor of AIPI, Pulmonary Hypertension Association Onlus. The Pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare disease of the pulmonary circulation, degenerative and highly disabling, and affects mostly women and little known, the exhibition wants to talk about this disease and the difficult daily condition that sufferers deal. The calendar will be sold online and at the exhibitions together with works in limited edition. Part of the profits from the sale of the photographs and the calendars will be donated to AIPI