Was born in Italy in 1960, where continues to live and work. In his youth, he was fascinated with cameras and started taking photographs with a Voigtlander SLR back in 1979: he began teaching himself photography, developing and printing both B&W and "Cibachrome" color images.
He's passionate about the traditional photographic process, it's form, essence and craft and prefers to work with fully manual, film -based cameras, hand print where possible, and use available light. He uses 35mm Nikon, medium format Hasselblad, Large Format TOYO LF45 and Wista Folding.
"Photography is the art of the moment, moments are gone if not captured by the photographer."
His work covers a wide variety of events that can be seen on this site: portraits, glamour, reportage, macro, still life, fine art nudes and large format Polaroid film. Unique fine art Polaroid image trasfer and emulsion lift. His published work has appeared in a number of international magazines.
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The Polaroid image transfer process relies on the ability of dyes in the Polaroid emulsion to migrate to an alternative receiver surface during the development process. The "normal" Polaroid process is interrupted and the "negative" is placed on another material (usually paper). The dyes that will form the image are encouraged to transfer by the use of heat and pressure. This process was accidentally discovered when a Polaroid negative was left sitting on a lab counter, according to legend.
To begin the transfer process, you will need a Large Format Camera (or a 35mm slide + slide printer like DAYLAB), Polaroid Type 59 color film, watercolor paper (100% rag), a tray, a roller, a squeegee, scissors, and hot water.
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The emulsion lift process is basically a Polaroid 59 print that has been soaked in hot water until the top emulsion layer floats off of the backing. Once the top layer is loose, it can be transferred and manipulated to a new surface receptor. Usually watercolor artist paper but could be a rock, a sheet of glass or wood. The result is an exciting exclusive manipulated 3-D creative image.
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