In Mexico the mourning is exhibited with sounds, dances and colors, but also with disturbing masks and presences. Sacred and profane touch each other, just like life and death, until they become one.Tradition wants that the deceased return from the underworld to embrace their friends in the Dìa de los Muertos. There are those who spend the whole night on the tombs or parading in processions with carnival masks. After all, the saying goes: “to die laughing”. The expression is the proof that men laugh to ward off the death.The death, not the dead. The dead ones, instead, are closer than ever.
Lives in Umbria,Italy. Engineer. His main interest has been B/W reportage. He coauthored, with the RAI journalist Luca Cardinalini, the book “STTL La terra ti sia lieve”. With L. Loretoni, he published in 2008 “Miserere”, in 2011 “Gubbio, I Ceri” and in 2014 “Kovilj”, also in 2014 he has published "Boxing Notes". In 2019 “Jazz Notes”,in 2020 he published “Vita e Morte - Rapsodia Messicana” and in 2021 “Passion for Sport”;in 2023 "In and out of the ring"and "Metropolitan Fragments".
He has been awarded or has been a finalist in many national and international competitions.
Awards Concours Rencontres D’Arles-Reponses photo 2017 Winner. Concorso Fotografico ImagOrbetello 2017 -Portrait Winner (Premio Nanuk Italia). The Miami Street Photography Festival 2017 Finalist. Streetphoto San Francisco 2018 Finalist; IPIC - Imago Photo International Contest 2018 – Storytelling Finalist and Portrait Winner; Key West Photography Festival 2019 First Place for the Portrait Photography and First Place for the Street Photography; “New Talent of The Year in Photography” at London International Creative Competition 2019 Winner; “CLOSER 2020 – Dentro il reportage” (inside the reportage)Winner; Italian Street Photo Festival Contest - Roma 2020 (ISPF) Book & Fanzine Winner (second place). The New York Center for Photographic Arts (NYC4PA) Street 2021 Winner (third place). Jazz World Photo 2021 Winner. Photofestival Milano “Le immagini rilegate” (Award for the best photographic book of the year 2021); Budapest International Foto Awards BIFA 2021 Book/People Gold Winner. PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris 2021 Gold in Book/Documentary and Bronze in Press/Sports; Baku Street Photography Festival - 1st place Analogue; PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris 2022 Gold in Book/ People. Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Photo of the Year Finalist. Tifa 2022 Book-Documentary Gold Winner. Black & White Photo Awards 2023 Portrait 3rd Place Winner. PHotoESPAÑA 2023 Best Photography Book of the Year Finalist. Belfast Photo Festival Book 2023 winner. Analog Sparks Awards Human/Culture Silver winner. IPA - International Photography Awards 2023 “Book/People” 1st Place Winner. BIFA 2023 Book-People Silver medal. TIFA Tokio 2024 Book-People Silver Winner. Persone e Conoscenze “Il Futuro del lavoro” 2024 1st place winner. Gomma Photography Grant 2024 Finalist.
