photography Peppe Tortora
realization Concetta D’Angelo
featuring actress MARTA GASTINI
hair and makeup SIMONE BELLI
location HOTEL LOCARNO ROME
ON THE RITE OF SHOOTING AN ACTRESS IN A HOTEL FOR A MAGAZINE, WE INVITED MARTA TO THE LOCARNO.
BORN IN ALESSANDRIA, TWENTY-THREE YEAR OLD MARTA GASTINI IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW ITALIAN ACTRESSES WHO FLY TO HOLLYWOOD FOR WORK. ANTHONY HOPKINS AND JEREMY IRONS ARE SOME OF THE NAMES SHE’S WORKED WITH, THANKS TO HER GOOD MANNERS AND WELL SPOKEN ENGLISH.
THE HOTEL LOCARNO WAS FOUNDED IN 1925 AND SOON BECAME AND EXCLUSIVE REFUGE FOR ARTISTS FEDERICO FELLINI, JORGE LUIS BORGES AND LUIS SEPULVEDA. ITS INTIMATE ATMOSPHERE IS SUSPENDED IN TIME THANKS TO THE ORIGINAL FURNITURE: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. 17TH CENTURY VENETIAN AND ART NOUVEAU.
THE OLDER WING OF THE HOTEL CONSISTS OF THE 1905 BUILDING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THE PIED-A’-TERRE OF THE ACIENT VENETIAN DYNASTY DI CANOSSA, AND REPRESENTS A RARE EXAMPLE OF VENETIAN STYLE, ARCHITECTURE IN ROME. THE VENTIAN SUITE HAS A MAGNIFICIENT BLOWN GLASS DOOR, CRAFTED BY VENETIAN MASTERS.
Issue IX
