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Mirko Zeppieri

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The band Fenisia in Victorian dress around a mahogany table — top hats, leather waistcoats with club patches and white shirts — reading by candlelight with an old book, a silver teapot and a magnifying glass, against a black backdrop

Industry
Media & Entertainment
Role
Photographer & Retoucher
Year
2015

Fenisia is a hard rock band whose style draws on the Victorian era and the Age of Enlightenment. As a freelance photographer, I handled the lighting, the shoot and the retouching; the concept, the logo and the merchandise were created by others, using my photographs as their foundation. I chose Rembrandt lighting for its drama: favored by Baroque painters, it suited the band's period aesthetic and gave every portrait the depth of an old painting. The images were used across the band's identity, on the CD, which was printed and sold, and on the merchandise produced for the band.

Cover — Fenisia band identity, tagged age of enlightenment, Rembrandt and hard rock, over the ornate crest embossed in the black backgroundStudio group portrait — the four musicians with drumsticks, snare drum and two electric guitars, one seated on a brocade armchair, all in top hats and patched leather waistcoatsThe full scene by candlelight — the four members around the table with the lit candelabra, the open book, the silver teapot and tray, in a Rembrandt-style lightLogotype construction — the Fenisia wordmark on its drawing grid, above the finished lockup with the motto semper eadem sapere aude and the word cafeThe crest — an ornate phoenix medallion framed in scrollwork with the Roman numeral LXIII, shown half in cream relief and half in flat blackNine circular details of the crest — the phoenix head, the flames, the scrollwork flourishes and fragments of the wordmark, each cropped into a coin-like discThe CD packaging — the deep red cover with the gold phoenix crest and the Fenisia Cafe wordmark, beside the printed disc carrying the same ornamentThe open digipack standing on a dark table — the four oval member portraits on the red damask inner panel, next to the printed discInside the digipack — the four members in gilt oval frames with their stage names and roles: vocals and lead guitar, rhythm guitar and vocals, bass guitar and vocals, drumsMerchandise — three black t-shirts: the large phoenix crest on the front, the Fenisia Cafe wordmark, and the track list on the backBehind the scenes contact sheet — the camera back framing a member, the props on set (candelabra, pocket watch, magnifying glass, skull ring), the crew shooting the table scene, and portraits between takesGroup portrait against black — the four members in top hats, round glasses and patched leather waistcoats, one holding a skull ring, one holding his hatThe four portraits in gilt oval frames on black damask — one lighting a candelabra, one pouring tea from a silver pot, one reading with a pipe, one holding a magnifying glass to his eyeLord Nic Ciaz, vocals and lead guitar — the main portrait holding a lit candelabra with a burning paper, and four alternate takes beside itMonsieur Lian Ciaz, guitar and vocals — pouring tea from a silver pot into a small cup, and four alternate takesDoctor Liquido, bass guitar and vocals — reading an old book with a smoking pipe, and four alternate takesChevalier Tig Smith, drums — holding a magnifying glass to his eye, and four alternate takes

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