FORMENTO & FORMENTO, Lori X, Lancaster, California, 2010
Photographers FORMENTO & FORMENTO will have their first Boston show, American Beauty on Bruised Knees, at ROBERT KLEIN GALLERY @ ARS LIBRI (500 Harrison Ave) with a First Friday reception TONIGHT, Friday, May 2, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
A commercial photographer and a stylist, BJ & Richeille Formento met on assignment in 2005 and were married three months later. Circumstance: American Beauty on Bruised Knees is an intensive project the couple started in November 2009, in the midst of the economic recession, as a means of understanding the changing face of the American Dream. Working from an Airstream trailer, Formento & Formento traveled to more than 25 states to photograph women they met online and along the way. What began as a visual story of love lost developed into a cinematic chronicle of hope, fear, passion, beauty, and defeat.
Also TONIGHT, Friday, May 2, Boston magazine will host an exclusive unveiling of the Formentos' photo essay, Boston After Dark, which appears in the newly released May issue. The event will be held at LIQUID ART HOUSE (The Arlington, 100 Arlington St) from 5 to 8 PM. Click HERE to RSVP.
FORMENTO & FORMENTO, Allie XIV, Lancaster, California, 2010
BJ Formento was born in 1964 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He earned a BFA in Photography from the Academy of Arts University, California, in 1986. Moving to New York City in 1999, BJ assisted Mary Ellen Mark, Richard Avedon, and Annie Leibovitz, and studied under Eugene Richards and Arnold Newman. He has been a freelance commercial photographer for over ten years.
Richeille Formento was born in 1975 in London, England. She earned a BA in Graphic Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 1998 and has worked for many years as an art director and designer for major commercial and independent fashion labels.
