Joana Sorino

When I read her short bio on Facebook, made up of questions and answers, I instinctively rubbed my eyes. But, since it was no good, in the end I could only accept it. Only 16 years, in fact, almost 17. Self-taught, she never attended a photography course and have learned everything through experience. She had her first camera at just 10 years old, when I possessed my first pair of Converse, and just that made me feel mature. Selected wit 8 photographs on PhotoVogue, one of which has been on the home page for a day (and me, as a blogger, from Mrs Sozzani I can probably only get a huge f**k you!). The pictures speak for themselves: rarefied and Gothic atmosphere, a cross between Tim Burton’s movies and Alice in Wonderland. A sensitivity that surely shows more than 16 years …
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