Today I released my second song. Invocation was inspired by my 8-month stay in Cairo and it’s is out on all music platforms.
Read MorePedro Bonatto and Iana Komarnytska standing at the Habu Temple in Luxor, Egypt.
Seeing VS Observing
The most precious gift of travel is that it can give you a chance to not only see, but also to observe what is around you, and how it connects to your own story.
Read MoreModel Asha Porteous photographed by Pedro Bonatto with make up by Olena Al.
Kintsugi and the Art of Precious Scars
Here is the first photo in a series I created in collaboration with make up artist Olena Al and model Asha Porteous inspired by Kintsugi. Kintsugi is a Japanese pottery practice where you repair broken artifacts with gold to ‘glue’ the broken parts. The idea is that the object becomes more beautiful exactly because it was broken and put together.
Read More© Rusalka. 2018. Pedro Bonatto.
Rusalka: reimagining a Slavic folk tale
This photo I was inspired by the stories of rusalka, something like a mermaid or water spirit, present in the folklore of Ukraine, Russia, and other Slavic countries. In this post I write about the concept and the process of creating the image through the lens of fashion and beauty photography.
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