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Iz moga kuta | From My Point of View<br />
Razgovarao | Interview by: Damir Konestra<br />
Piše | Text by: Mark Sebastian<br />
Razgovor: Rino Gropuzzo - fotograf<br />
An interview: Rino Gropuzzo - the photographer<br />
Nenametljiva klasa<br />
Unobtrusive Class<br />
Rino Gropuzzo<br />
Ime Rina Gropuzza, fotografa iz Rijeke mnogi će<br />
odmah prepoznati. Riječ je o fotografu koji je<br />
među prvima krenuo iz Hrvatske u Milano, svjetski<br />
centar mode pa, sukladno tome, i fotografije.<br />
Prisjetit će se njegovih prvih radova u svojedobno<br />
kultnom magazinu “Start”, ali i recentnijih<br />
reklamnih kampanja u kojima je sudjelovao.<br />
Osobito su zapaženi njegovi aktovi u prirodi,<br />
u slobodnom prostoru, ali i na neuobičajenim<br />
mjestima (riječka tržnica primjerice, ili napuštena<br />
istarska sela - kakvih je danas sve manje,<br />
srećom). Kao fotograf, ali još i prije kao student,<br />
Rino je mnogo putovao, upoznao mnoge kulture,<br />
običaje, turističku ponudu...<br />
Rino Gropuzzo - Počeo sam putovati još kao<br />
klinac s roditeljima. Otac je bio posebno aktivan<br />
u planiranju putovanja pa smo s njim još daleke<br />
1969. godine iz tada socijalističke Jugoslavije otišli<br />
na putovanje u Francovu Španjolsku. Nije bilo<br />
lako premostiti granične barijere, ali - upornost<br />
se isplatila. Kako imam dosta obitelji “razbacane”<br />
po svijetu koristio sam i tu mogućnost pa sam<br />
duže boravio u Parizu, Kanadi... Kako je tata bio<br />
fotoamater tako sam i ja počeo svoja putovanja<br />
bilježiti fotoaparatom. Kao student putovao<br />
sam bez nekog plana - sjeo bih u auto (u kojem<br />
sam ponekad i spavao) i krenuo - kud me put<br />
vodi. Obično bih tako neplanirano naletio na<br />
potpuno otkačena mjesta, vidio nešto što su drugi<br />
propustili...<br />
Many people will immediately recognize the<br />
name of Rino Gropuzzo, the photographer from<br />
Rijeka. This photographer was among the first to<br />
set out from Croatia to Milan, the world center<br />
of fashion, and consequently photography. Many<br />
people will recollect his first works in the former<br />
cult magazine “Start”, but also the more recent<br />
advertising campaigns in which he took part. His<br />
nudes in nature, open spaces, but also in unusual<br />
areas (such as the market in Rijeka, or abandoned<br />
Istrian villages - which are, fortunately today,<br />
few) have been quite well-received. As a<br />
photographer, and even before as a student, Rino<br />
travelled a lot, getting to know many cultures,<br />
customs and tourist attractions.<br />
Rino Gropuzzo: I started to travel as a child with<br />
my parents. My father was particularly active<br />
in planning journeys, so as far back as 1969<br />
we went with him from socialist Yugoslavia to<br />
Franco’s Spain. It was not easy to cross the border<br />
barriers, but persistence paid off. As I have many<br />
relatives “scattered” around the world, I also took<br />
advantage of that opportunity and stayed for<br />
periods in Paris and Canada. As my father was an<br />
amateur photographer, I also started to record my<br />
journeys with a camera. When I was a student,<br />
I used to travel without any particular plan - I<br />
would sit in my car (in which I also slept), and<br />
took off - wherever the road led me. Thus I would<br />
usually end up in the strangest places and see<br />
some things that other people would miss.<br />
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