Valentina Rossi Turned Into ‘Patron Saint’ By Photographer
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Local photographer and artist Lorella Castillo has just unveiled a new series of photos featuring the iconic Valentina Rossi as ‘Santa Melitensia.’
Described as the Maltese patron saint we never had, Rossi poses like a saint’s statue carried on a pedestal as she ‘kneels like a relic, crowned like a queen, carried in procession like a miracle.’
‘She’s all of it. Red-haired, tear-streaked, laced in ribbons and steel. This is tradition rewritten.’
The photos were shot in Każin Soċjeta Santa Marija u Banda Re Ġorġ V Mqabba, Malta. The painting at the back was actually created by Castillo’s grandfather, Paolo Camilleri Cauchi.
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