Pamela Testa

Pamela Testa (b. 1980) is an italian artist living and working in Abruzzo, a beautiful region located between sea and mountains.
She is an emerging photographer who loves Art in all its forms and her images are in some ways inspired by Japanese traditional culture and aesthetic.
She graduated in Japanese Language, Art and Culture at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and during her studies she was very impressed by Shintoist and Buddhist Philosophy, above all the concept of Impermanence and the principle of Interdependence.
It could be said that in her works there is what in Japanese is called “Mono no Aware”, an expression that literally is translated as “the pathos of things” and indicates that the beauty of things is in their impermanence.
Not by chance, she defines photography (and above all her instant photography) like a Japanese haiku, because in its frames it contains the beauty of a fragment of life, unique and irreplaceable.
She is a self-taught photographer and in 2001 she bought her first analogue camera starting the collection of her frames of the world. 
In April 2017 she took part in the Fahrenheit39 Festival in Ravenna, Italy, with her first photo-book “A Quiet Place to Live”, a collection of instant images ...

2007 Japanese Language and Culture Degree with a specialization in Art, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

2019 – Too Tired Project. Leica 6×7 Gallery, Warsaw (Poland)

2019 – Smart as Photography – Be an Artist today! Zephyr – Raum für Fotografie, Mannheim (Germany)

2018 – Dei Nuovi Confini della Fotografia. Milano Photo Week, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (Italy)

2017 – Fotografia Europea, Circuito Off. Online Portfolio

2017 – (Con)fusioni. Inusuale mostra sull’incompiuto, Locali dell’Auditorium Diocleziano, Lanciano (Italy)

2015 – Self-portrait. Autoritratti al femminile. La Feltrinelli, Pescara (Italy)

2013 – FrameByFrame. Mostra fotografica collettiva ispirata al cinema, in Settimo Senso Festival, Aurum, Pescara (Italy)

2013 – (Con)fusioni. Inusuale mostra sull’incompiuto, Locali dell’Auditorium Diocleziano, Lanciano (Italy)

2012 – Lo sguardo degli altri. Gli altri siamo noi. (European Month of Photography) Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Berlin (Germany)

2012 – FrameByFrame. Mostra fotografica collettiva ispirata al cinema, in Settimo Senso Festival, Aurum, Pescara (Italy)

2011 – My vision of an Instant. Mostra collettiva di fotografia istantanea Bric à Brac Bar, Paris (France)

2011 – Nanowriters meet Polaroiders. Scrivi una pola in 10 parole.
Mostra collettiva di fotografia istantanea
– Villa Usig...