I grew up in Rome, surrounded by Catholic and Baroque iconography whose influence has been inevitable in my visual universe. The glorification of suffering and the obsession with feminine virginal purity are themes that in one way or another reappear in my works. This series of self-portraits was born from the need to look back at my own body after going through a severe clinical depression. It then became a ritual to shoot them on Sunday morning. We experience both hell and heaven through our bodies. Everything persists yet changes there — inescapable record of our passage through the world.
Kicca Tommasi is a fine art photographer based between Argentina and Italy. She holds a degree in Graphic Design from the Instituto Europeo di Design, Rome and a BA in Photography from the University of Westminster, London. In London she spent most of her professional life freelancing as a Travel Photographer and Art Director. For one year For one year she was Creative Director for Conde Nast UK, Contract Publishing division. In 2008 Kicca relocated to Buenos Aires and since 2018 she divides her time between Rome and Buenos Aires, focusing on her Fine Art work.
