I believe Art has many functions, among which being a vehicle which allows us to ex- plore our own and the Universal truth .
An artist also has the duty to support the statement that beauty has infinite facets and that light and acceptance are the necessary ingredients to reveal beauty in everything and in every aspect of life , as horrible as they may be .
Eyes are deceiving, truth lies in the heart. This is my signature statement in my website.
My photography is strictly influenced by memories, life experiences. The images are road- maps to my inner world , sometime testimonials of a found past , sometime symptoms of roads yet to explore .
Although I do use modern lenses which provide a sharp rendition of the subject, I prefer to work mainly with old brass lenses dated around 1860’s . These tools, because of their optical design , help me to achieve mood to my images . Areas out of focus carry an important weight in my work: they are the equivalent in poetry of reading between the lines, they open the doors to an unknown imagery , where shapes, although still being vaguely familiar , challenge and at the same time lure us to a softer and exciting world .
These tools, together with the use of large format cameras ( 4 x 5 , 8 x 10 ) , and the shooting and printing techniques employed, act as filters through which the image is born . I challenge myself in tackling every different portfolio by means of different tech- niques . The motivation for this approach is that I find the world of photography excitingly vast and getting stuck in one look or technique would be gimmicky and unchallenging .

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