A Study of Motion,

The Vibrant Renaissance

My name is Cyrus. I am an Iranian-Canadian photographer and have been living in Berlin for a while. I would like to share this collection with whoever that might be interested. The work inspired by Venetian Renaissance paintings with Mythological themes. If you find some of the titles sound Christian, fear not, this is not a promotion of religiosity. It is because Christian myth is ingrained into western art and I am paying homage to old masters and making a reference to their paintings. After all religions are basically more or less mythology. They are as real as the Greco-Roman or Norse mythologies are; and just like those once fervently practiced mythologies, biblical tales are core to our common story.

This series was inspired by a completely different style of art. I began creating photographs based on veiled sculptured by Neapolitan Baroque artist Giuseppe Sanmartino. As I continued experimenting with the concept of veil and motion, I ended incorporating vivid colours and light into the artefacts. Silk and velvet were ever present in the prosperous maritime superpower of Venice. Same trade routes brought material that empowered Venetian painters such as Titian, Giorgione, and Bellini to vividly depict rich silky colours and textures of their time, a tradition that continued into Baroque and beyond . This body of work is a modern dedication to the gift of motion, colour, and symbolism the old mastered bestowed on us. I hope you enjoy the work and drop me line as what you think about it.

Cyrus

Cyrus Vahid