Photographer: Debora Guetta

In 2010, Debora Medici-Guetta made up her mind to make a new start, picked up a camera and began the intuitive process of reframing who she was, one image at a time.
It had been nearly a decade since the Italian-born, Los Angeles-based photographer had focused on her own creative practice. Her passion for graphic art, photojournalism, and documentary films had given way to the demands of family and the unexpected ascent of her partner’s career. A return to artmaking meant embarking, in Medici-Guetta’s words, on “a big, long, introspective journey.”
After several years refining her technique and honing her perspective, she would reveal a series of photographs aptly titled, “Out of The Shadow,” a haunting body of images that reflected Medici-Guetta’s desire to shed the trappings of the past and position herself as an artist in the world. Fitting then that she followed this initial exhibition with “Landed”, a series of collages that capture the frenetic and freeing energy of the world’s great urban centers.
Debuting in Spring 2015, “Landed” introduced a new technique Medici-Guetta utilized to manipulate photographic prints in unique ways. By cutting and hand-weaving together separate images of the same metropolitan scene, the artist crafted a heightened sense of space and movement. Reveling in both the chaos and peace of these manipulated moments, “Landed” sees Medici-Guetta assert herself as a vital witness to the madness and beauty of contemporary life.