In his signature style Bagno assumes the perspective of a passerby a shadowy apparition-positioned between beside behind-often depicting others as they turn away hurry past and wander off. For him they are forms without identity-abstractions of fleeting encounters. With a sense of pathos for the mundane and sensitivity for the minutiae he provides a nuanced glimpse into the city beyond myths. In his publishing debut New York City Anonymous Bagno reveals the poetics of anonymity ephemerality and the beauty in melancholy.
In his signature style Bagno assumes the perspective of a passerby a shadowy apparition-positioned between beside behind-often depicting others as they turn away hurry past and wander off. For him they are forms without identity-abstractions of fleeting encounters. With a sense of pathos for the mundane and sensitivity for the minutiae he provides a nuanced glimpse into the city beyond myths. In his publishing debut New York City Anonymous Bagno reveals the poetics of anonymity ephemerality and the beauty in melancholy.
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