Photography entered my life when I was fifteen, the moment I told my parents – with absolute determination -that I wanted to be a photographer. Even as a child, I was captivated by beautiful images and the stunning reportages of the great masters published in the weekly magazine Epoca. I was struck by how words told the stories of places, but it was the images that truly stole my heart.
I have a small secret to share: the spark that truly set me on my path was actually a film — Vacanze Romane. It featured a photographer, and seeing him, I said to myself: that is my road. I enrolled in the Scuola Radio Elettra in Turin, a correspondence school that gave me my first rudiments and my first hopes, teaching me the fundamental techniques of film development and printing.
Enrolling was actually a clever pretext to buy technical equipment and bring it into the house. My parents would never have allowed me to own such gear otherwise. At twenty-three, I truly took flight, starting my journey as a professional photographer by opening my first partnership studio.
I spent a few years as an employee, but since 1999, I have entrusted my career and my livelihood to my own independent practice. I took on the challenges and costs of my own studio – the same one in Susegana where I still work to this day.
Interview published in the magazine MARCA GIOIOSA & AMOROSA on behalf of Prando Prandi.