An octopus. Why not.

I have done this shoot in Chester. Samantha is a great make-up artist and model. She is an artist. She came at the shoot with some drawings she made…and she did an amazing make-up. I tried my best to realise her dream to be a mermaid…

I know these photos could appear gross for somebody and just magic for others… but after all… as somebody said ‘the beauty is in the eye of the beholder’!

Tags: alternative, beauty, blue, model

Here I am.

Finally… I have my blog.

I think I needed after so long time doing photography. After showing my work in internet for long time, after receiving many comments… some positive some as well negative but very constructive. It’s time for me to speak about my photography.

This is a new adventure for me and I am really excited.

I have been doing photography for so many years. Started with an old film SLR of my brother. It was all automatic. Shutter, aperture, focus. It was my little toy. I remember the magic when I set my first dark room and spending hours and hours developing and printing photos. In the dark, with a small red light.

And the lights… and the shadows… coming out slowly from the chemicals.

For years I have done B&W photos of silent places. Places with no apparent ‘life’. Abandoned ruins, empty spaces, old factories, architecture and buildings… you can see some of this work in ‘Myspace’ profile. I tried to discover their ’secrets’. Their ‘untold’ stories…

This is what I have done for many years. Then one day I decided to put my old camera in a drawer and buy a new digital one. This was a new beginning. From that moment I found more interest in people photography. Working with people and with colours. Then the subjects of my photography changed completely after so many years…

But still now I feel… that what is not changed  for me and for my photography… is the fascination for the ’secrets’…

‘A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.’ – Diane Arbus

I would like to start this blog with a photo that I like a lot… This was created with a model ‘Lullaby Blue’, a beautiful and special girl with lot of stories to tell… I have worked with her many times… this was done in a bath of milk (yes real milk… litres and litres of milk) and there was this deep blue light coming from the glass of the window… that moment for me it was ‘the’ moment… the moment of a secret… this is called ‘Blue Silence’.

Tags: alternative, beauty, blue, model