Artist’s Statement

As an only child, I used to spend a lot of time on my own roaming around the Tuscan hills and by the nearby river, absorbed in the play of lights and shades, the sound of chirping crickets, the scent of wild herbs, daydreaming and creating my own little world. And I remember a feeling of blissful oneness – as if time was standing still.

Growing up, I always carried with me an undefined feeling of longing for that sublime state of mind. That state of mind that felt as if I was melting with my surroundings. Immersing myself in infinity. I suppose that unconsciously I was searching for it all the time and I found it here and there. In nature. In love. In meditation. And on the dance floor . . .  

And I also found it in Gernot Boehme’s perception theory, whereby the atmospheric, sensual experience that comes before the Cartesian separation between subject and object, when we’re still merged with our environment, stays at the beginning of all cognition. 

This is what my photography is all about. It’s about overcoming the bridge between myself and my subject. Grasping the magic in between. It’s about capturing fugitive moments of greatness and beauty. Saving them from oblivion. Enhancing their glow. And creating joy by sharing them with others.

Exhibitions

2024

ImageNation, Milan, Italy

Instant Art Exhibition, Arles, France

Instant Art Exhibition, Paris, France

2023

Solo exhibition ISO600 Portfolio, Bologna, Italy

Instant Art Exhibition, Arles, France

Instant Cologne, Germany

Instant Art Exhibition, Paris, France

2022

Instant Cologne, Germany

Instant Art Exhibition, Arles, France

ISO600 International Instant Exhibition, Bologna, Italy

Instant Art Exhibition, Paris, France

2021

Awagami International Miniature Exhibition,Tokushima, Japan

Experimental Photo Festival, Barcelona, Spain

Fresh Eyes Exhibition, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Private Showroom at Soléne Art Advisory, London, UK

Polaroiders International, Bologna, Italy

Instant Cologne, Germany

ISO600 International Instant Exhibition, Bologna, Italy

»Attimi« (by Ares Contemporary), Lugano, Switzerland

Instant Art Exhibition, Paris, France

»Wunderkammer« (by Ares Contemporary), Lugano, Switzerland

The Art of Instant Photography, Orlando, USA

2020

ISO600 International Instant Exhibition, Bologna, Italy

AWARDS

Fresh Eyes Talent 2021

ISO600 Portfolio Winner 2023

Publications

»Polaroid Now«, official Polaroid book by Chroma Books, SF

»Fresheyes«, book by GUP Mag, Amsterdam

»Photodarium« (2021-23), calendar by seltmann+söhne, Berlin

»Instant Agenda« (2021-23), planner by Polaroiders, Bologna
»The Art of Instant Photography«, book by AFPA, Orlando

»Et Demain«, photography box by Bis Editions, Paris

»Inner Reflection - Self Portrait«, book by AFPA, Orlando

»Instant Art Exhibition«, book by Instant Art Exhibition, Paris

»Polaroiders Italia«, book by Polaroiders, Bologna

Quid Magazine - Arte contemporanea (online): https://www.quidmagazine.com/index.php/chiacchiere-intorno-alla-fotografia/1462-noemi-heidel