Merry Christmas 2025 from Luigi Barbano

Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2026!

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

The kings looking down

Gold winner at the 2025 Analog Sparks Awards

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

Pentax K3 Monochrome, full review.

Introduction Thanks to Fowa, the Italian Pentax importer, I had the Pentax K3 MkIII monochrome to test for some weeks. There is only one way to describe my feelings for this camera: I’m in love with it. I like to do black and white photography, both in film and digital, and it’s the first time

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Also this year Christmas arrived and with it my usual Christmas picture to wish you wonderful holidays, a fantastic 2023 and the joy of experiencing an analog life. . . Usually for my Christmas photograph I follow the big events of the year, and you can see in this article what I did in the

Black and White Tales, The Book

Black and White Tales, The Book

Before I start with the new projects for 2021, here some final considerations about my Black and White Tales project and the presentation of the book. The book can be previewed and bought here on Blurb. . . I kept the book very simple, with a short version of the tales and just location and

Black and White Tales, Print 50 by Luigi Barbano

Black and White Tales, Print #50

After a year, the most strange, upsetting and confusing year of my life, the Black and White Tales project arrived at its end. A project that helped me stay alive in this crazy world. . . I hope you enjoyed it, now is time for me for some postpartum depression and I will be back

Black and White Tales, print #49 by Luigi Barbano

Black and White Tales, Print #49

The project is almost done and I decided to close a circle. This image was taken in the same place and with the same subject as the Black and White Tale #1. Around 35 years between the 2 images and a lot of similarities and differences! The image is a part of a project you

Black and White Tales, Print 48 by Luigi Barbano

BlacK and White Tales, Print #48

This week I got inspired by a comment from Christian Speck on my last Tale video. First, check is website ‘case is worth. Second, he suggested me a book: Code Zero by Marc Elsberg. A very intriguing book and the inspiration for this Tale. . . . Two more weeks to go…