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I
was born in 1962, and from a photographic point of view in 1979, when I
"borrow" from my father an old Olympus Om1. Nature photography becomes
my passion toward the end of the '80s; that is the moment in which I lay my eyes
directly on what is around me, the world of Nature which, until that time, I
looked at without really seeing. I begin then to be interested in environmental
matters and natural sciences.
During
1995 I joined actively the SICF, the Italian
Society for Wildlife Photography; I have been a member until 2006, a very
important step for my technical and human growth. I found a challenging
battleground for my pictures, and, not less importnat, the precious company of
friends with whom I shared the common denominator of the love for Nature.
In
the beginning of the year 2000 I finally decide in favour my love for
photography and Nature and become a freelance professional after
leaving my
clerical job. The difficult decision is greeted by the lucky
coincidence of a
significant event: I am declared the winner of the 1° Italian Nature
Photography Gran Prix Award organized for the first time by "Oasis"
magazine, both in "Landscape" and "Flowers" categories. I'll be
between the awarded photographer in each of the four following
editions,
excepted the 2002, when I'll take part as member of the jury.
Afterwards I
get other awards, also internationally, between
whose I like to mention (since actually it is a literary award) the 2nd Prize in
the section "Journalism" in the Nature Literature Award "Parco
Majella", for my article "Bewitched by Northern Lights" published
on Oasis mar/apr 06.
As
years go by I publish reportages, photos and covers
in the main specialized magazines. My pictures appear in several books. From the
2004 to the 2008 I am regular columnist on Nature photography on the
magazine Oasis. In total I published 71 columns in 20 issues, which are almost
entirely available here.
In 2008 - 2009 I write a regular column on the magazine Asferico, called "Through
the mirror".
Between
the other various collaborations stands out the one with the company Lem Art
Group for the production of calendars, posters
and stationery with worldwide distribution.
At
the end of the 2001 I publish the book: "Le
Forme Incerte - The Uncertain Shapes", Pubblinova
Ed. Negri.
In
the 2007 another "change of skin": after so much travelling through
Scandinavia we decide to move to Sweden, in Särna (Dalarna). In
the 2010 the publication of my second book, a photo diary (but not just) about
13 years of travelling and living in Sweden: "My Sweden
- Tales from an Italian photographer in the North". | 
