Lucia Giacani

Critics have noted that Lucia’s photography transcends technique, placing emphasis on vision and narrative. Paolo Marasca, Cultural Minister of Ancona, described her images as charged with ironic nostalgia and soulful searching, linking them to the legacy of Western figurative art from Bernini to Warhol. Her work resists the commodification of beauty often seen in glossy magazines, instead constructing surreal staged mise en scène that compel her subjects to question identity and existence.

This theatrical approach transforms her models into protagonists who balance vulnerability with strength, bringing them closer to their own truths. In doing so, Giacani creates a den of fiction that blurs the boundaries between fashion, art, and performance. Her photography captures women as both reflections of themselves and as characters within an imagined narrative, producing images that are simultaneously intimate and universal. Through this, she has established herself as an artist whose photographs resonate far beyond their aesthetic surface, offering an enduring dialogue between art and fashion.