Louis Henri Pingitore is a member of the Cambridge Art Association as well as other associations and galleries in the area. He was born in Paris, France and has been an avid photographer since his childhood.
In 2009 he had a breakthrough in developing “a new photographic expression of light.” His work has been called “hauntingly beautiful” (Remy Dubois, artist/instructor), “absolutely stunning” (Gallery 263,) and “clearly serious” (Howard Yezerski.)
In October 2012, Louis Pingitore founded Color Scape Studio (located at 5 Pemberton Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts) with its mission to “inspire a more expansive way of perceiving reality, by juxtaposing what we see with what can be imagined”.
“The captured moments reveal a parallel universe in which reality and possibility commingle playfully. In this world, the opposites- color/tone, line/shape, light/dark, and push/pull- merge and clash to create dynamic tensions that resolve into peaceful, life-affirming, harmonic images”.
CAA Q&A-
CAA Asked Louis our Artist’s questions- see what he said!
–What was your first medium you fell in love with? Has this influenced your techniques?
My first medium was drawing, using pen and ink, abstract patterns with straight lines and this has influenced my photography as I discovered a technique that creates abstract lines, giving shapes, to my images.
-What tools must you have in order to create?
A camera, natural light, painted walls, props.
-Do you research your inspiration for further understanding?
My original inspiration was my daughter Zaida when she was a toddler. I would follow her around with my camera and as I followed her around I began experimenting with my camera which led me to where I am now. So, yes, I continue to research her.
-What memorable responses have you had to your work? Did it change your process or art?
The most memorable response I’ve had to my work is from a Guyanese laborer who said: (Spoken in a thick West Indian accent) “If I was a rich man, I’d buy all of dese tings, and I’d put dem all over me walls of me house, an I’d put dem on me ceilings, and I’d just sit der all day long and look at dem.” And no it didn’t change the art or process but made me feel more confident.
-Whose work do you most relate to?
Marcel Duchamp (more so for his iconoclastic ideas about art and the art world than his works.) I love “Nude Descending a Staircase.”
-What is your dream project?
To create a huge art installation of three dimensional photography, suspended in space, using all five platonic solids: Tetrahedron (four faces), Cube or Hexahedron (six faces), Octahedron (eight faces), Dodecahedron (twelve faces), Icosahedron (twenty faces).
-What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
“Only you can determine if your work is art.” Give by Remy Dubois.
