{"product_id":"raphael-mazzucco-rooted-in-silence","title":"Rooted In Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand-signed Mixed Media Original by Raphael Mazzucco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTimed to the energy of London Fashion Week,\u003cem\u003e Whispers of the Soul\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful collection by renowned artist and photographer Raphael Mazzucco, drawn from a self-directed shoot for \u003cem\u003eCollectible DRY\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. Taking couture fashion imagery from the page to permanence in a fine art collection full of atmosphere, strength and lasting presence, this body of work moves beyond the editorial moment to sit at the intersection of high fashion couture, soul-led storytelling, and fine art — images not merely captured, but to be lived with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA modern fashion editorial rooted in Indigenous inspiration, where the soul is not just a concept, but a presence woven into fabric, landscape, and motion, the project brings together fashion, Indigenous inspiration, identity and spirituality as interconnected forms of expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShot in late summer 2025 on Mazzucco’s own land in Connecticut, and styled by Oretta Corbelli, the shoot brings together couture from some of the world’s most revered fashion houses — \u003cem\u003eChanel, Prada, Hermès, Louis Vuitton\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGiorgio Armani\u003c\/em\u003e — set within misted forest clearings and open landscapes. Removed from runway spectacle and editorial urgency, the garments are treated as sculptural forms, held in light, movement and stillness where fashion becomes presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough Mazzucco’s experienced lens and a restrained and elemental palette of rust, ochre, deep green, sky blue, these elements meet with ease, resulting in powerful imagery stripped back to its essence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-poured resin, collage and surface mark-making transform each work into a living piece, carrying traces of the shoot beyond the moment it was made. The layered approach reflects a practice shaped by long-standing artistic dialogue, experimentation and lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more than two decades, Mazzucco’s photographs have shaped the visual language of fashion and culture — from \u003cem\u003eVogue, Marie Claire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e to defining campaigns for GUESS Jeans, and portraits of figures such as Gisele Bündchen, Adriana Lima, Gigi Hadid, Adrien Brody and Pamela Anderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormer Vogue Paris Editor-in-Chief Carine Roitfeld calls him “\u003cem\u003eone of my favourite artists\u003c\/em\u003e” and legendary art dealer Louis Meisel describes Mazzucco as “\u003cem\u003eas innovative in what I feel is ‘real art’ as any artist I have seen in decades.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet this body of work moves beyond the editorial moment to sit at the intersection of high fashion couture, soul-led storytelling, and fine art — images not merely captured, but to be lived with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFashion has always been a language for me — but it’s never been the subject. It’s the material that allows emotion to surface.\u003c\/em\u003e” — Raphael Mazzucco\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind out more about \u003cem\u003eWhispers of the Soul 2026\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.castlefineart.com\/collections\/whispers-of-the-soul-2026\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e or alternatively shop more Mazzucco’s art \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.castlefineart.com\/collections\/raphael-mazzucco\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Raphael Mazzucco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63216123248989,"sku":"MAZ-ORI-POR-39412","price":2860744.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0883\/1906\/6461\/files\/MAZ_Rooted_In_Silence_1.jpg?v=1769520704","url":"https:\/\/www.castlefineart.com\/en-jp\/products\/raphael-mazzucco-rooted-in-silence","provider":"Castle Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}