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Nick the Night Fly

Nick the nightfly

Giuliano Giuman

Giuliano Giuman

Paolo Fresu

Paolo Fresu

Make your Extension – Book for your portrait!

Each portrait is a dialogue, an opportunity to explore who we truly are together. With Extensions, I aimed to transform the art of portraiture into a profound visual experience, seeking a deeper and more dynamic narrative.

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Extensions created since 1990
Extension Big 200cm

Extension Big 200 cm.

How does it work?

The process begins with a photo shoot, the date of which will be arranged together. The photo will not be immediately available, as I will need time to personally edit it. Along with the signed photo printed on Fine Art paper, you will also receive a certificate of authenticity.

Where and how

At my studio/home in Monzambano (about an hour and a half drive from Milan), by appointment, or at another agreed location. Contact me: info@joeo.com

Choose the format of your extension

  • SMALL

    Size: A3 (42×30 cm.)

  • Paper: Canson Infinity Baryta Ph. II 310 gr.

  • Certificate of Authenticity

  • 250 Euro

  • MEDIUM

    Size: height 100cm.

  • Paper: Canson Infinity Baryta Ph. II 310 gr.

  • Certificate of Authenticity

  • 450 Euro

  • BIG

    Size:  height 200 cm.

  • Paper: Canson Infinity Baryta Ph. II 310 gr.

  • Certificate of Authenticity

  • 950 Euro

CONTACT
“I would say, paradoxically, that Oppedisano takes on the impossible task of creating cinema within a static image. He himself, after all, says: ‘The moment an emotion or an event is transformed into a photograph, it is no longer an event but an opinion”.
Morando Morandini

“Joe Oppedisano’s extensions teach us to look without interruption at the people (or things) that interest us to explore and know them deeply”.

Franco Piavoli

“Joe scans the person from head to toe with his gaze and, by developing the sequence vertically, stretches the time it takes to read the image”.

Lucia Miodini

“It always amazes me how he reads people, creating portraits that “spatialize” the character of their subjects, with that ability to turn the photographic tool into a sort of “tactile machine” that captures the face, the body, gestures, and even the most hidden expressions, projecting them onto the grand stage of being.”.

Claudio Cerritelli
“Through the concept of depth and surface, Joe Oppedisano moves the photographic image according to the ideas of condensation and displacement, applying a visual system structured like a dream. It is no coincidence that he works by overlapping images or creating series of images; in doing so, he acknowledges his essence, his time, and his space.”
Marco Nereo Rotelli
“Joe Oppedisano is a colleague I greatly admire for his courage and strong creative drive. With his latest works—Extensions and Collages- (see the portraits of Scianna, Erwitt, Rossellini) he has managed to identify a new path for visual storytelling, a journey into the mobility of the image”.
Giorgio Lotti

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    When we meet someone for the first time, our gaze instinctively moves from head to toe, as if we are “scanning” them to get to know them better. With “Extensions”, I wanted to translate this visual experience into photography, creating a portrait that goes beyond traditional standards. A canonical portrait often captures attention on a single detail, then guiding the gaze inward to find more information. In contrast, the extension invites you to explore the subject sequentially, from top to bottom and vice versa, like a continuous visual dialogue. This approach extends the time of observation, turning it into a deep and immersive experience, rather than a fleeting moment.

    This project is the result of years of research and over 1000 works created, a pursuit that aims to capture not just the image, but also the sensation of the observer. A different way of seeing, a different way of being seen.

    Uliano Lucas – Toni Thorimbert – Tano Damico – Robert Freeman – Pepi Merisio – Oliviero Toscani – Nino Migliori – Mimmo Iodice – Mario Dondero – Mario De Biasi – Mario Cresci – Franco Vaccari

    Beppe Severgnini – Al Jarreau – Morgan – Terry Richardson – Sherman Irby – Maria Zanzotto – Kyle Eastwood – George Benson – Billy Cobham – Barry Harris – Andrea Delucchi

    Stefano Contini – Juan Miro – Howard Jacobson – Fernanda Pivano – Edoardo Sanguineti – Luciana Sanguineti – Giancarlo Zucconelli – Capitalism is Not Art – Andrea Zanzotto – John Grado – Luciano Ghirga – Jonathan Kane

    Antonella Lombardi – Gillo Dorfles – Giovanna Bonvicini – Fulvio Testa – Gail Cunningham – Edi Punch – Ella Perbellini -Dino Milani – Gianni Mazzotta – Gianluca Marangoni – Cinthia Avril – Campanotti Editore

    Gerard Malanga – Fausto Destefani – Enzo Bartoccioli – Susan Rotolo – Jean Paul Morelle – Marco Nereo Rotelli – Carlos – Elisabetta Biggi – Blink Circus – Mario Botta – Allen Ginsberg

    Musical extensions

    California University Big Band, Oscar Zenari, California University Big Band, Kyle Poole, Elise Wood, Busker, Univ. California Big Band, Emmet Cohen, University California Big Band.

    Max Roach, Claudio Moro, Paolo Sharki, Charles Davis, Kenny Wheeler, Herbie Handcock, Yamandu Costa, Mark Rivera, Marco Casiraghi.

    James Thompson, Kyle Eastwood, Mauro Pagani, John Hicks, Barry Harris, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Gilberto Jil

    Roger Crosdance, Larry Ray, Sullivan Fortner, Dino Piana, Carlo Pagnotta, Enrico Rava, Fred Hersch, Sherman Irby, Samara Joy, Stefano Morgoni.

    Bobby Lester, Corky Lang, Davis Coen, Busker, Katie Webster, Busker, Busker, Harold López-Nussa, Busker.

    Massimo Bubola, Bandabaran, Busker, Pat Martino, Busker, Giuseppe Boron, Busker, Busker, Busker.

    Peter Green, Brian Auger, Jim Karh, Eddie Adams, Jack Owens, Eddie Floyd, Singer Eddie Floyd Band, Marco Pasetto, Lorenzo Piano, Steve Turre.

    Billy Cobham, Ben Allison, Bugolazzi Trio, Tom Kirkpatrick, Samuel Hargress jr, Noa, Graham Nash, Morgan, Dave Holland.