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Portfolio | CristianCastellana

Born in Barcelona , 1986.

During 2009 and 2011, he studied at IDEP performing diplomas in Art Photography I - III, by

photographers Luca Pagliari and Manel Ubeda; and Graduate Fashion Photography taught by

Miquel Arnal.

His expertise lies in assisting photographers both in his private studio (Miquel Arnal) and the training

(IDEP - at the Polytechnic Institution of Barcelona) for which he won a scholarship in the 2010-2011

academic year.

In 2012 he founded, together with photographer Leyre Trigueros, Flores a Robert (floresarobert.com)

studio specializing in food and product photography.

Currently pursuing a degree in Psychology at UNED (2012).

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"Ingredients" is part of the portfolio of "Robert Flores".

Made entirely with sun light. Canon 60D 50mm and 200mm macro. Digital.

IngridientsFood and Product

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Custom made for "Tumbet".

“Ana’s Kitchen” is part of the portfolio of “Flores a Robert“.

Made entirely with sun light. Canon 60D 50mm and 200mm macro. Digital.

La cocina de AinaFood & Product

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"Paper City" is part of the portfolio of “Flores a Robert”.

Made entirely with sun light.

Canon 60D 50mm and 200mm macro.

Digita.

Ciudad de PapelFood & Product

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Final project of designer Mari M. completed in IDEP.

"Borders”.

Canon 60D 50mm. Digital.

BordersFood & Product

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Project carried out in collaboration with the team of students from

graphic design and fashion design IDEP (3rd grade).

"Personal Home" is part of the personal portfolio of Cristian Castellana.

Canon 60D 50mm.

Digital.

Interiores PersonalesFood and Product

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Session to expand the book of model Barbara R.

"Barbara" is part of the portfolio of staff Cristian Castellana.

Hasselblad 500C / M 80mm, digital back.

Digital.

BárbaraFashion & Portrait

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Session to expand the model book of Alexander J.

"Alexander" is part of the portfolio of staff Cristian Castellana.

Made entirely with natural light.

Hasselblad 500C / M 80mm, digital back.

Digital.

AlexanderFashion & Portrait

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Session held in collaboration with students from 4-year fashion design IDEP.

"Goldenr" is part of the portfolio of staff Cristian Castellana. Sony Alpha x850, 80mm, 200mm. Digital.

GoldenFashion & Portrait

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"The mankind persists irredeemably in Plato's cave, even delighted, by ancient custom, in mere images of the truth. But educated by photographs is not the same as educated by older, more artisanal images. First, there are many more images of the environment that demand our attention. The inventory began in 1839 and since then has photographed almost everything, it seems. This same avidity of the photographic gaze changes the conditions of confinement in the cave, our world. In teaching us a new visual code, photographs alter and enlarge our notions of what is worth looking at and what we have the right to observe. They are a grammar and, above all, an ethical vision. Finally, the most stunning result of the photographic endeavor is to give us the impression that we can hold the whole world in his head, as an anthology of images. "

Susan Sontag, "On Photography" 1977.

Obra PersonalWay of life

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Among the first photograph I took in Empúries and making this little

photographic series, have passed more than 18 years.

This Mediterranean landscape, cradled between cliffs, pines and storms,

was part of my childhood and youth, and stopped being part for a

period of 10 years.

In 2011 I returned to Empúries with photography studios already

finished, I faced the same scenery that my eyes had seen many times

before. The prism of the art, avant-garde currents; shaped my

understanding of the environment and space.

From the mists of memory surfaced villages memories and sensations

experienced feelings with family and friends who are no longer. The

silence and stillness of winter cold Empordanese seized those beaches,

pine forests and cliffs.

"Silk" (2011)

Realization analog support, Konika T3; Fujifilm PROVIA 100

Editing and post-production, digital and analog revealed scarce.

Series 9 images at 35x35cm.

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Anhedonia is a condition described in the beginning of the symptoms of depression. It is described as the "inability to experience pleasure, loss of interest or satisfaction in almost all activities."

It is considered a lack of reactivity to usually pleasant stimuli.

Some people with anhedonia are unable to experience pleasure and enjoyment under any circumstances, while in other cases, the problem specific aspects, such as reduced appetite for food, sex, social relationships or leisure activities, situations that previously were pleasurable.

Culture has a great influence. A behavior can be accepted by a cultural group and not be welcomed by other. Biological factors are the main cause where the prenatal influences and physical health.

Social anhedonia has also proven to be a characteristic feature of autism spectrum disorders, which has led, for example, the study of diagnostic overlap between Asperger syndrome and schizotypal personality disorder.

"Anhedonia" (2012)

Realization analog support, Hasselblad 500 C / M; Kodak PORTA 160

Editing and post-production, revealed analog and digital edition scarce ..Series of 12 images to 50x50cm.

The images have a relationship with the sentiment expressed, bear no relationship between them, or by plasticity or aesthetics.

The series consists of still lifes still life, multiple exposures, long exposures (minimum 12h), landscapes and self-portraits.

The technique and procedure used is the same for the whole series, no exceptions.

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With the "October Revolution" of 1914, an artistic i architectural

movement known as "constructivism" to seduce a number of artists to

geometric abstraction, Suprematism, Constructivism to apply in their

work begins.

In the Europe of 1920, starting the "Surrealism" direct son of "Dada";

seeking to discover the truth, some images for emotions, but always

follow a logical reasoning.

Varvara Stepanova said "i technology industry have forced the art to

face the problem of building as an active ingredient, not a contemplative

invention.

These two great periods of art history, lived together but were never

merge or find. They shared vital points, were consumed and fed

themselves.

With "CONSTRUCTON" I put myself in the skin and eyes, two

teachers, Rodchenko i Dalí. It is in the construction of a landscape.

"CONSTRUCTION" (2011)

Performing on digital media, iPhone 4.

Editing and postproduction, iPhone 4.

Series of 18 images to 35x35cm.

Creating a landscape involves creating a photographic work with two

pillars: the first that each image individually understandable and valid;

second, that the series as a whole and have a strong argument can be

understood as a whole split.

Following the start of construction, technology should also be used to

create art, preventing cling to a purely productive use devoid of design,

content or function.

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According to studies with patients in the field of psychology of

attention, have revealed that the right hemisphere of the brain tends to

global processing, whereas the left to local processing. It showed that

patients with lesions in the right hemisphere had more difficulty paying

attention at the global level, while those who had injured the left

hemisphere processing cost them more local attributes of a stimulus, and

considering that each hemisphere was specialized a degree of attentional

detail.

The cerebral specialization related findings were reviewed by Posner

(1993), who noted that unilateral visual neglect is more likely to occur in

case of injury in the right parietal to the left, following this discovery

came the idea that the right hemisphere controls attention on both sides

of the space.

In spatial cueing experiments, the signal not only serves to shift

attention, but also acts as a warning to increase efficiency or improve the

processing of the stimulus. It seems that the right hemisphere is involved

in maintaining this improvement, because patients with lesions on the

right side are struggling to stay alert in tasks involving sustained

attention and vigilance.

Neuropsychological studies with patients who have difficulties in simple

tasks of guidance have provided evidence for the importance of the

orientation of visual attention. Imagine a patient who ignores objects

located on the left side of visual space, only the food on the right side of

the dish is eaten. We might suppose that this person has blindness to one

side of visual space and having an underlying visual impairment. When

these patients are asked to copy a picture or draw an object, only

represent half of the illustration or any objects in it. If you are given a

page to perform a task cancellation lines, which are branded only on

one half of the page. The most curious of patients with visual

hemineglect is not notice anything "weird" in their drawings or

performance on cancellation tasks.

If it can be shown that these patients have no blindness in the affected

region of space, there must be another reason not to realize that there

are no objects. These patients are not blind from the visual point of

view, but behave as if they perceive one side of space encompassing

vision. The term "hemineglect" suggests that this phenomenon could be

due to "inattention" in the contralateral side of space. If the cause for

this deficit, then theories of attention should explain the behavior

observed in these patients.

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