…Her work focuses on capturing the “absence” and the “let go” feeling in her subject.
Romina’s portraits are often referred as timeless and cinematographic, constantly fighting against the disembodied pose.
Her film and photographic portraits are less about the object being
photographed than the almost abstract subject who are in fact looking at us…
Dealer Magazine, décembre 2008
Romina Shama was born in Switzerland of an Egyptian-Italian background.
She studied film and photography at Central St Martin’s School in London
and graduated in 2003. She now lives and works in Paris.
pictures from Naked
Solo Exhibition at Visionairs Gallery Paris - June 2010
