ABOUT

Pietro Barbarossa is born from the meeting of Peter Emmanuilov & Antoine Beaufils. Having received documentary education Antoine turned his photography into intimacy practice with a Plastic Photography interest. Peter has a cinema, music video & documentary background, translated by strong narrative & visuals. Spectral Memories was their first collaboration, as the first part of a tryptic series questioning the housing in the post modern era. It had it's first digital release at the York Art Gallery (UK) as part of the Aesthetica Art Prize 2022. Spectral Memories was published in the Aesthetica Magazine & was also part of the Curator Selection of the Paris Photo Prize 2022. Peter’s work has been nominated or awarded in the following festivals : Miami Fashion Film Festival, Berlin Commercial, Fashion Film Istanbul, Canadian Internationnal Fashion Film Festival, Cinemoi Int Fashion Film Awards (Los Angeles), Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Bokeh Fashion Film Festival (Cape Town), London International Creative Competition while featured in magazines & platforms such as Vogue Italia, Promonews & Videostatic. Antoine's work has been exhibited at Les Promenades Photographiques in Vendôme (Paris), at BOZAR in Brussels as well as Espace Vanderborght and Huberty & Breyne Gallery.