Issue24 (part3) June 2017

Would you consider yourself a hobbyist or a paid
professional?
I am 100 % a professional photographer, it is my only job since
30 years.
I am very well known in Italy because of a great amount of
calendars I produced and shooted in the last 20 years. Most of
them are charity projects, in which I involved quite all the
italian celebrities in the fields of television and sport
after these words, if you can add I am working on a big project
called #nakedlandscapes, in which I shoot in black and white
models and night landscapes in a fine art nude style, I can send
you as 12th pictures one of them, never published before
What has been your most memorable session and why?
That's a difficult answer.....luckily I had many great memories,
maybe when I shooted Claudia Schiffer many years ago in
Milano, during the golden age of Top Models.
What has been the biggest source of inspiration in your work?
By far the black and white movies of 1930/1960, I am in love
with them. I like retro style too and the fabolous Pin ups
Nikon or Canon? Favorite lens?
Leica M, by far, using 90 % of times the 50 f 1,4 aspherical
What is one piece of advice you would like to offer a new
photographer looking to start their own business?
That's very hard ( and sad ). At the moment I think that to start
a career in photography for making business is a very BAD time.
The reasons are soooo many, I can just say that digital,
smartphones, photoshop can be great and devilish at the same
time.
What do you think of our new magazine?
Very nice, that's the reason I accepted to make this interview (
smile )
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