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My Second Life Portraits
Thesnap.net is the site that offers you the chance to buy prints of pictures
taken in the famous virtual world of Second Life. This service, conceived by brother and sister Elisa and Ruggero Frigoli allows videogames lovers to display the image of their own Avatar, each
player's virtual alter-ego, on their home walls.
Elisa and Ruggero Frigoli, known in Second Life as Tayuya Yao and Tayuya Yip, are taking thousands of pictures in Second Life. This “virtual photography”, started out half-playfully one year ago, and has evolved into a true profession. According to Ruggero “Every Avatar reflects a part of one own' s personality that it is not always possible to show in the real world”. “We hope to
continue for a long time. We are living a fantastic experience and meeting many interesting people that probably we would have never met in the real world”, added Elisa Frigoli.
Since March 2007 they have been publishing daily pictures in their personal internet gallery www.thesnap.net. It is possible to order any gallery picture posted on this Internet site, and to choose the material on which to print it; pictures may be printed on photographic paper, canvas and PVC. You may also choose the size of the print; the picture may be reproduced as a miniature portrait or a large-scale portrait up to one meter long.
These prints, which use a previously unimaginable technology, are realized with the best plotters available on the market by expert craftsmen, and are delivered worldwide.
In addition to the portraits, it is also possible to find images of particular Second Life landscapes, as well as images which capture daily events in the Second Life world, such as concerts, parties, art exhibitions and fashion shows. All the images are characterized by bright colours, fantastic perspectives and freaky characters that inhabit that world.
A selection of the best images can be found not only on the website, but also in Frigoli's virtual studio in Second Life. You can reach it at “Mediattiva Island”, where it is also possible to request a personal shooting.
For further information: www.thesnap.net
To contact "Tayuya Yao" and "Tayuya Yip",the authors in Second Life
email: [email]info@thesnap.net[/email].