{"id":549468,"date":"2023-02-08T17:36:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T14:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/justin-aversano-makes-a-quantum-leap-for-nft-photography\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T17:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T14:36:39","slug":"justin-aversano-makes-a-quantum-leap-for-nft-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/justin-aversano-makes-a-quantum-leap-for-nft-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"#Justin Aversano makes a quantum leap for NFT photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccb9557e68\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccb9557e68\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/justin-aversano-makes-a-quantum-leap-for-nft-photography\/#%E2%80%9CJustin_Aversano_makes_a_quantum_leap_for_NFT_photography%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Justin Aversano makes a quantum leap for NFT photography&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/justin-aversano-makes-a-quantum-leap-for-nft-photography\/#Notable_sales\" >Notable sales:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/justin-aversano-makes-a-quantum-leap-for-nft-photography\/#Influences\" >Influences:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/justin-aversano-makes-a-quantum-leap-for-nft-photography\/#Which_artist_should_we_be_paying_attention_to\" >Which artist should we be paying attention to?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/justin-aversano-makes-a-quantum-leap-for-nft-photography\/#Process_and_personal_style\" >Process and personal style:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJustin_Aversano_makes_a_quantum_leap_for_NFT_photography%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Justin Aversano makes a quantum leap for NFT photography&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Magazine-NFT-Creator-Justin-Aversano-scaled.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<pre><code>                Artist name: Justin AversanoLocation: Los AngelesDate minted first NFT: Feb. 15, 2021Which blockchains? Ethereum Bio: Unintentionally, the healing process of losing his twin sister at birth sparked Justin Aversano\u2019s career to become the poster child for NFT photography. His most famous collection, \u201cTwin Flames,\u201d has 5,900 ETH in total sales volume on OpenSea and multiple [\u2026]\n                &lt;p class=\"has-text-align-center\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artist name: &lt;\/strong&gt;Justin Aversano&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location: &lt;\/strong&gt;Los Angeles&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date minted first NFT: &lt;\/strong&gt;Feb. 15, 2021&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which blockchains? &lt;\/strong&gt;Ethereum&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bio&lt;\/strong&gt;:&lt;\/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unintentionally, the healing process of losing his twin sister at birth sparked Justin Aversanos career to become the poster child for NFT photography. His most famous collection, Twin Flames, has 5,900 ETH in total sales volume on OpenSea and multiple million-dollar sales, including one auctioned at Christies.\u00a0\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>A multidisciplinary artist with a great eye and passion for photography, Aversanos journey into NFTs started with a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Peru to work with local shamans to try to get over an addiction and depression. It was on that trip that he started to heal and found a spark that would become the initial idea for his iconic collection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I never questioned that I was an artist, but you know the feeling inside when youre gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ling with anger, depression, sadness and grief. I was looking to outgrow the grief and become whole. In San Pedro, there was a ceremony run by twins. It really opened my heart to connecting with my twin, who passed during my moms pregnancy. It felt like opening Pandoras box. I remember thinking, Okay, theres something there, and I need to work on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A few months removed from San Pedro, Aversano was at an exhibition and photographed a pair of twins who came to his art show. That night, he knew he was ready to take on this new project spotlighting twins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I just started with those twins that night. They then introduced me to other twins. It became a whole domino effect of connecting with twins. Understanding the feeling of what it would have been like to have a twin and honoring my twin, and also my mother, because I feel like losing my twin was also part of losing my mom and her getting ovarian cancer, he says.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many different elements, and a lot of my art is for my mom, my family and honoring ancestors. I like it when youre working in healing, Aversano shares.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite putting together the Twin Flames project in a traditional sense, including a book and an exhibition highlighting the work, it wasnt until Aversano discovered NFTs that things got crazy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another two years passed by. I had the Twin Flames project on my website and Instagram, but then I discovered NFTs. I didnt see other photography projects online. I minted Twin Flames, and the next day it sold out  and changed my life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-suggest\">\n<div class=\"article-suggest__title display3\">Read also<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-suggest__items\">\n<div class=\"article-suggest__item\">                                                    <span>Features<\/span>                            Are CBDCs kryptonite for crypto?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-suggest__item\">                                                    <span>Features<\/span>                            <\/p>\n<p>Championing Blockchain Education in Africa: Women Leading the Bitcoin Cause<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, just two years from his first mint, Aversano who is considered by most to be at the top of the NFT photography food chain  has amassed over 8,100 ETH in sales volume on OpenSea alone.<\/p>\n<p>Aversano is also carrying the torch for budding photographers who want to pivot their creative endeavors to the world of NFTs with Quantum Art, a platform focused on curating and dropping NFT collections launched in September 2021, with a particular focus on photography NFTs.<\/p>\n<p>With Quantum, Ive said this from the beginning: I want it to be what Art Blocks is for generative art. I have so much respect for Erick (Snowfro) with what he has done with Art Blocks, and we want the same for photography. Theres so much respect for generative art, and I can understand that because everyones computer native. Id love to see photography get its heyday because its always been the underdog, Aversano states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notable_sales\"><\/span><strong>Notable sales:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Twin Flames #49. Alyson and Courtney Aliano<\/strong>: Sold for 888 ETH ($3.7 million at the time) on Nov. 23, 2021, making it the eighth most expensive photograph ever sold. Purchased via PartyBid.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Twin-Flames-49.-Alyson-and-Courtney-Aliano.jpeg\" alt=\"Twin Flames #49. Alyson and Courtney Aliano\" class=\"wp-image-16144\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Twin Flames #83. Bahaeeh and Farzaneh<\/strong>: Sold for $1.1 million on Oct. 6, 2021 at Christies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Twin-Flames-82.-Bahaeeh-and-Farzaneh.png\" alt=\"Twin Flames #82. Bahaeeh and Farzaneh\" class=\"wp-image-16145\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Twin Flames #2. Jessica and Joyce Gayo<\/strong>: Sold for 207 ETH ($959,027) on Nov. 10, 2021.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Twin-Flames-2.-Jessica-and-Joyce-Gayo.jpeg\" alt=\"Twin Flames #2. Jessica and Joyce Gayo\" class=\"wp-image-16143\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Twin Flames #1. Ali and Gilli Glatt<\/strong>: Sold for 200 ETH ($686,696) on Sept. 7, 2021.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Twin-Flames-1.-Ali-and-Gilli-Glatt.jpeg\" alt=\"Twin Flames #1. Ali and Gilli Glatt\" class=\"wp-image-16142\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Influences\"><\/span><strong>Influences<\/strong>:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Aversano cites the influence of photographers like Irving Penn, David LaChapelle, Diane Arbus, Vivian Maier and Robert Frank, as well as painters like Alex Gray and Dustin Yellin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is inspired by all NFT photographers but gives a special shout-out to Beeple: That guy is the biggest influence on everyone!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Beeple-Everydays.png\" alt=\"Beeple Everydays: Bull Run Day #4951 from Nov. 19, 2020\" class=\"wp-image-16139\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Beeples Everydays: Bull Run, Day #4951 from Nov. 19, 2020. Source: OpenSea<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aversano also highlights the influence of prominent NFT personality Gmoney on his rise to NFT stardom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In terms of collectors, Gmoney was one of the biggest influences on my life. We spoke a bit, and I asked him if he was spending $250,000 on a monkey JPG, would he buy real art? He said to me hed rather buy NFTs. He helped me by talking to Flamingo DAO and the CryptoPunks community. They all supported me with my NFT drops, he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"subscribe subscribe--inner\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"subscribe__inner\">\n<div class=\"subscribe__content\">\n<div class=\"subscribe__title display2\">Subscribe<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscribe__desc text-l\">The most engaging reads in blockchain. 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Shes cool as a person and artist.<\/p>\n<p>He also notes Summer Wagner, a photographer based out of Rockford, Illinois.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/In-The-Fullness-of-Time-Foundation.png\" alt=\"In The Fullness of Time, Foundation, by IX Shells\" class=\"wp-image-16140\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>In The Fullness of Time by IX Shells. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Process_and_personal_style\"><\/span><strong>Process and personal style<\/strong>:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Talking about how his artwork develops over time, Aversano says, Every project Ive been thinking about has been thought about for years. Theres nothing Ive created and thought of minting an NFT the next day. Ive been working on these major projects for years, and it hasnt existed in the art world as I wanted it to.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Smoke-and-Mirrors-78-featuring-two-pairs-of-twins.jpeg\" alt=\"Smoke and Mirrors #78 featuring two pairs of twins: Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, and Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster\" class=\"wp-image-16141\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Smoke and Mirrors #78, featuring two pairs of twins: Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster. Source: OpenSea<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is the best time in my life as an artist of this era  for everything that I create to be an NFT. I see a lot of other artists who have careers that are older than mine, and theyre getting into NFTs, and not all their stuff is on the blockchain. This is the perfect time for me as an artist to have all my art on the blockchain from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>I often think about minting art as NFTs like hand printing on ancient scrolls on the blockchain. 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