Elevate your home art collection with this unique photograph by artist Christian Erroi. 7.5in. x 11in. Complete with hanging mechanism and an acrylic finish.
Christian Erroi 10/10/2004 #65 IV 2/10
"Christian was born in Aarau, Switzerland, on the 18th of March, 1973. His family moved immediately to Bari, in southern Italy, and then to Milan when he was 3 years old.
As a child he was fascinated by nature, a passionate reader of Gerald Durrell's expeditions all over the globe, and certain he was going to become a biologist when he grew up.
In 1984, he came to New York City for the first time, where he attended the sixth grade. His science teacher at the time, Mr. Mueser, further stimulated his love for habitats and animals, and suggested Christian use photography to document his findings. When he was 14, he moved to Lugano, Switzerland, where he started high school, and began to be interested in art and history.
Soon after, he started to suffer strong headaches accompanied by sight problems and loss of consciousness. These phenomena happened more and more frequently, and he started to visit neurologists all over Europe, as well as seeking alternative cures, to alleviate the problems.
He went on having strokes for approximately 10 years, each causing loss of memory, sight loss, as well as having to learn how to read and write over and over again. Nowadays, Christian can say, those difficult experiences are over.
During that troubled decade, what terrified him the most was his inability to communicate through words, which had completely lost meaning and significance to him. He started to communicate through images. Photography rescued Christian where words had failed.
While biology still thrills him, he was drawn into photography with a greater urgency. He has worked as a photographer in Lugano, studied at the International Center of Photography, and is currently working in NYC."
