Last Sunday I went to see a couple of exhibits at the Fort Bard in the beautiful Aosta Valley in north Italy. One of the exhibits was of paintings by Fernando Botero, an artist I particularly like. The other exhibit was a photographic one: “Magnum America. The United States“. Looking at the Magnum exhibits I…
I know this is not about photography, but music is a big part of my creative process, I like to listen to specific music to put me in the mood for a concept I want to express in my photographs or for places I’m going to visit. My generation grew up with the dream of…
It’s Christmas again, another year has passed, the world continues to turn around the sun with his perennial change but my traditional Christmas photograph is a fixed point! This year my message is very simple: don’t forget the real meaning of Christmas and don’t be afraid to celebrate it properly. Most of all, don’t be…
I just read a very sad news: Mimmo Jodice passed away today. Isaac Newton described his progress as a lot of little steps while standing on the shoulder of giants.Mimmo Jodice was a giant in the photographic world. He inspired generations of photographers and contributed to the recognition of photography as a form of art,…
Testing the Pixel Shift on my Pentax K1 mkII with a still life subject.
I’m glad to announce I just receive a Gold prize at the 2025 Analog Spark Awards. I participated with a series of images dedicated to the Italian life style. I chose to submit images showing the real life style, far from the crowded touristic spots where the landscape had been already modified to accommodate the…
I’m happy to announce a new section of my website: the Fine Art Shop. You can now, easily from the comfort of your home, buy some of my prints. . . Explore the collection and find the perfect piece to elevate your home or office. .
Merry Christmas and a Wonderful 2025 full of justice, freedom of speech and pruning of the governments’ trees! . . Christmas is the time to give what we have most precious. There was a time when gold, incense, and myrrh were rare, precious and essential in both their practical and spiritual nature. They were used…
Christmas is here. It’s time to think about the past year and see if we had been nice or naughty… but I’m always a nice boy! 😉 I’m so good that this year I received the Claus House Seal of Approval for my 29 years of Christmas photographs! In time for the opening of my…
The challenge: sometime life events screw up our plans and, to make the story short, I found myself in my late parents’ house in Italy with the challenge to create my new photo studio in the attic. It’s a boring story so I don’t write here about it, but I made a video where I…