Exhibition Opens to Record Audience
PUHI HAWAII - The second new art exhibition of 2007 by David Allio brought nearly 10,000 viewers
to the online gallery on opening day. The ten-image exhibition entitled "A Day with Sonia"
is an artistic twist on a more-traditional photojournalistic look at one day with a professional
figure model.
"The concept of following a single subject for one day is nothing new to a photojournalist. But,
a few of the rules of traditional photojournalism were bent slightly for artistic effect,"
Allio admitted. "My primary challenge for this exhibition was to find the right model to be
featured in this creative collaboration. The project was discussed with several potential feature
models. But, Sonia was the first person to bring to me both the fierce desire and commitment to
balance her creative insight, strength, charisma, and confidence with a trust of my skills and vision
in this artistic collaboration."
The Exhibition opened at mid-day on Thursday, April 5, 2007, and in just one-half day there were
9,123 visitors to the gallery. Overall there were 42,575 page views and 156,713 total hits. The
new exhibition contributed to new one-day records in all audience categories for the
www.DavidAllio.com web site.
Fierce Sonia is a professional figure model and remarkable artist based in Washington, DC. This
creative pictorial was her fourth artistic collaboration with David Allio. Artworks from previous
projects have earned the duo an OMP Fine Art Showcase Award and Best Picture Award from Japan's
Photo Unlimited.
On April 14, 2007, Mid Atlantic Art News published a blog article entitled
"The Model as the Star"
highlighing the collaboration between Allio and Fierce Sonia on this art exhibition project.
