His continuous interest in the potential of photography as a medium of artistic expression inspired him to work in fashion photography as well as portrait and landscape, exploring the many aspects of our modern society.

While travelling countries such as India, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam the Emirates, Africa, the US or Brazil and Japan, he make continously developed his photographic style. 

Now based between Milan, London and New York, Paolo Regis has worked for clients like Philips, BRW & Red Bull and high profile fashion clients such as Dsquared, Preview, Diesel, Melting Pot, Guess, Anteprima, Vivienne Westwood, Maison Olivia. 

Human Power Project by Paolo Regis

How to translate into visual art the beauty of a mass meeting in a space, like cells experiencing the genre of collective consciousness when immersed in a public place, a busy street in New York, a place of worship, a market in Africa, a stadium in Milan, or a concert in Berlin? All this reveals our sixth senses, allowing us to understand a moment of the soul that can represent tension, great spiritual reflections, or common action.

Concept

The vision of the photographic project “Human Power” by photographer Paolo Regis (1979) is part of a visual vision that considers the human being as an energetic whole, influenced by forces acting upon them and those exerted by others. The artist analyzes, decomposes, and recomposes this force, manifested in the interaction and connection of two or more bodies. The movement of these spirits transforms into a flow of color, a living fiber of what the artist defines as human Puissance, human strength.

Artistic Approach

Paolo Regis’s artistic approach primarily focuses on individuals and their environments, captured in various phenomenology of their interactions and communication in historically decisive situations around the world. The beauty of a group of living beings is clearly visible in his photographs taken across the planet, from Bangladesh to London, exhibited in Europe and the United States.

Historical Context

At the end of the 19th century, impressionist painters posed the problem of the artist’s work, the ineffable and indefinite nature of perception. A century and a half later, photographers revisit this impression, reminding us of the immanence of life, a continuous cycle in perpetual motion.

Futurism Influence

In the early 20th century, futurist painters questioned movement and its role in societal changes through painting and sculpture. Cinema, performances, trains… Everything seemed to create movement at the beginning of the 20th century. The speed and effects produced on the image and body fascinated futurist artists. Giacomo Balla, in his work “Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash,” focused on the effects of natural movement on visual perception. Early cinema used a series of photographs taken in sequence to create movement, immortalizing invisible gestures in the human world, though perceived by our brain.

Paolo Regis’s Photography

Paolo Regis’s photographs show the value and beauty of human life in continuous movement, like a stop-frame of a continuous film, leading us to a larger and more spiritual message than technological.

Evolution of Artistic Perception

The evolution from the impressionists (focusing on the perception of human beings) to the futurists (comparing humans to machines and industry) finds in photography evidence of spiritual power, corresponding to our contemporary needs.

Exhibition List

– Rivington Gallery London // Dec 2004
– Maddox Preview London // May 2005
– Salone del mobile at Puzzle for Peace Milan Exhibition // May 2007
– Santa Maria Novella Florence Centenary of Futurism // Feb 2009
– Published on Risekult International Art Magazine // Dec 2010
– STK, Ibiza ART PROGRAM Summer 2016 (July, August, September)
– Focus International Photography Festival Mumbai // Nov 2017
– Biennale Venice. Hotel Al Sole Exhibition // June 2018
– Curva Art Gallery Ibiza // May 2019
– Viesse Milan Contemporary // Dec 2020
– DECENTRAL PAVILION Venice Biennale // April 20th, 2022
– TIMES SQUARE NYC for Samsung USA and ArtRepublic // July 28th, 2022
– SAMSUNG STORE USA NYC and ArtRepublic // July 31st, 2022
– ART BASEL MIAMI at SCOPE ART SHOW // Dec 4th, 2022
– ART DISTRICT BROOKLYN and Senza Fine World // Feb 13th, 2023
– HUMAN POWER BRASIL EDITION and Ninfa.io // May 9th, 2023
– FONDAZIONE MODIGLIANI Preview // June 7th, 2023
– LOTUS Art in Motion at Mondrian Ibiza // October 14th, 2023
– ART BASEL MIAMI the Art of Wellness // Dec 4th, 2023
– IDEAWORKS LONDON UK // May 14th, 2024