Courtesy of Istituto Italiano di Fotografia.
I was born in Milan in 1963. My photographic passion grew up when I was about 25, I worked for an Italian newspaper for a few years, then life brought me “somewhere else” but my passion never died, so haven’t been on the streets in ages (more than 20 years). In my thoughts there is nothing better than being in front of a B&W photography: you can’t run away, you may close your eyes but in the end, be sure it won’t disappear like an image on a screen and you just have to look at it. Some black, some white and in the middle a never ending grey scale…that’s life. That’s the way to keep our memory alive for those coming next. That’s me, my passions and my little works. Robert Doisneau, Izis Bidermanas, Edourd Boubat and Mario Giacomelli, just to name few, those I like more…
BOOKS:
Street life Milano, by Edizioni del foglio clandestino (2018)
Strange Life, self published (2021)
Indigo-Oltre le apparenze - Diego Bardone-Maria Grazia Scarpetta - by Massimo Fiameni edizioni/design (2021)
EXHIBITIONS:
Rome 2011: A tempo di musica - My gentle time
Cislago (Va) 2012: Street in Milan -Solo Exhibition (Il ramo d'oro)
Milan 2013: Street in Milan - Solo Exhibition (Pantarei)
Novafeltria 2014 (RN): Street in Milan - Solo Exhibition (Semplicemente fotografare live)
Milan 2014: Street artists - Solo Exhibition (CentroFotoCine)
Novafeltria 2015 (RN): Freedom begins with irony -Solo Exhibition (Semplicemente fotografare live)
Milano 2016: Street artists - Solo Exhibition (La Fabbrica del Vapore - Festival artisti di strada)
Novafeltria 2016 (RN): Streettando in Milan - Bourgeois dogs (Semplicemente fotografare live)
Shenzen 2016 (China) - EIC Cube Image collective exhibition
Thessaloniki 2016 (Greece): The blind pilot collective
Bibbiena 2016 (AR): Collective exhibition at Centro Italiano Fotografia d'Autore
Grottaglie 2017 (Ita): Semplicemente fotografare collective (Grottaglie fotofestival)
Milan 2017: Collective (Spazio Museo Tadini - Photomilano collettiva N°1)
Novafeltria 2017 (RN): The Strippers collective (Semplicemente fotografare live)
Milan 2017 (Ita): Collettiva (Spazio Museo Tadin - Ability day)
Milan 2017 (Ita): Solo Exhibition (Spazio Museo Tadini)
Milan 2017 (Ita): Collettiva (Spazio Museo Tadini - Tribute to Emilio Tadini)
Milan 2018 (Ita): Solo Exhibition/StreetLifeMilano Book presentation (ChiAmaMilano)
Milan 2019 (Ita): Solo Exhibition/StreetLifeMilano Book presentation (Urban Center - Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery)
Milan 2019 (Ita): Collettiva (Spazio Museo Tadini - Refugees, tribute to Emilio Tadini's series)
Mogoro 2019 (Ita): Solo Exhibition - Amatevi idioti!
Milan 2019 (Ita): Born to run (Elita bar - Perimetro Magazine)
Lodi 2019 (Ita) : 'NO face', solo exhibition (Off Festival della fotografia etica)
Paris 2019 (Fr): Trough your lens, PhotoMilano Collective (Galerie Etienne de Cusans)
PUBLICATIONS:
Fotografare 2014 (Italy)
1X - The yearbook 2014
Riflessi Fotografici 2014 (Italy)
La Repubblica 2014 (Italy) - Street artists series
Digi Photo 2015 (Singapore)
Digital Foto 2015 (Denmark)
La Repubblica (Italy) 2015 - Street artist portfolio
LensCulture 2016 - Portfolio - Faceless series, an ode to privacy laws
FPMagazine 2016 (Italy) - Milan/Rome civil rights series shot with Bruno Panier
Fotoblogia 2016 (Poland) - Portfolio & interview - Faceless, an ode to privacy laws
Dodho 2016 (Spain) - Portfolio and text
The Independent 2016 (England) - Faceless series & interview
Riflessi Fotografici 2016 (Italy) - Portfolio & interview
The Capa Magazine 2016 (China) - Portfolio & interview
Riflessi Fotografici 2016 (Italy) - L'iperfocale
FPMagazine 2016 (Italy) - Interview
Urban unveils the city and its secrets vol. 01 2016 (Italy)
Image Mag 2016 (Italy) - Portfolio (Italy)
WPS - Street photography book Vol. IV 2017
ClickMagazine 2017 (Italy) - Portfolio & interview
Trimestrale FIAF - Portfolio (by Walter Turcato)
AD 2017 (Italy) - Portfolio
Best Selected - Book N°1
WSP Book 2017
Image Mag 2017 (Italy) - Portfolio
Centro Cultural Tina Modotti (Venezuela) 2017
FIAF - Portfolio
Best Selected Book vol I 2018
Photography as a social research method - Book by Sten Lagmann 2018
Il Gazzettino di Sicilia - Portfolio/Interview/StreetLifeMilano Book presentation 2018
Osservatore - Portfolio/Interview/StreetLifeMilano Book presentation 2018
EyesOpen Magazine - Portfolio 2018
FIOF - Portfolio/StreetLifeMilano Book presentation 2018
So Fine Art -La strada d'Italia - Portfolio/Interview/StreetLifeMilano Book presentation 2018
Margutte - StreetLifeMilano Book presentation 2018
La Repubblica - StreetLifeMilano Book presentation 2018
Radio Popolare - StreetLifeMilano Book presentation 2018
Rai Radio3 - 'Qui comincia' - StreetLifeMilano Book presentation 2018
Image Mag - StreetLifeMilano Book presentation 2019
FPMagazine - Amatevi idioti! Exhibition presentation 2019
Monthly Photography (South Korea) - Portfolio /Interview 2019
Perimetro Magazine - Born to run 2019
Cities V (ISP) - We believe in series 2019
Dodho magazine (Spain) - Freedom begins with irony 2020
Perimetro magazine - We are building a new story 2020
Dodho magazine (Spain) - We are building a new story 2021
FotoCult - Portfolio/Interview 2021
Tales of unwritten - Trieste Photofestival - Best author
Rai Radio3 - 'Qui comincia' - Strange days book presentation 2021
Photo: Maria Grazia Scarpetta
