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1st Place 2025 Analog / Film

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portraits contemplates human presence not as an identity to be defined, but as an emotional trace that lingers in the air. Predominantly female, the figures are rarely, if ever, fully unveiled; they withhold their personal narratives, offering instead a resonance that feels both universal and deeply human. These are not faces, but presences,fragments of thought, memory, and dream, held within the long,deliberate pauses demanded by medium and large format photography. Rendered in toned cyanotype, the images breathe a tactile intimacy, fragile, imperfect, and as elusive as memory itself

  • Biography
    Unconscious and spirituality my main themes. Darkroom & Large Format Teacher. Alternative print processes expert and Teacher. Founder photo school Bottega Immagine in Milan IT.
  • Awards
    He works exclusively in analog, from medium to large format, and has completed more than 10 photographic projects. His artistic vision is deeply personal, intertwining influences and individual experiences. In 2006, he received significant recognition by winning first prize at the Solighetto International Photography Festival with his project “Soglie visive” (Visual Thresholds), which marked the beginning of his editorial and exhibition visibility, both in Italy and abroad. He has exhibited at prestigious festivals such as Fotoleggendo, Toscana Photo Festival, and the Centro Italiano della Fotografia d'Autore, and has been reviewed by leading critics in the field. In recent years, he has been devoting himself exclusively to ancient printing techniques (cyanotype, kallitype, salted paper, albumen), in order to deepen the material and intimate connection with the photographic image . Between 2007 and 2011, he held workshops and exhibitions in various Russian cities, where he also exhibited new projects such as “Dream in a mirror” and “Solaris.” Since 2007, he has been the director of the Bottega Immagine photography school in Milan.

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