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Interview: Photographer Alessandro Citti (Germany)

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Can you tell us a little about you?

My name is Alessandro Citti and I am an italian photographer based in Berlin

 

How and when did you get into photography?

Photography has been a part of my life since I was a child helping my father develop films in the darkroom. My first camera was a Russian LOMO Lubitel 166b from the early 1980s. I used to take pictures of my family and cats with this camera; I still own it and it is fully functional!

 

What does photography mean to you?

Photography is the perfect medium for me to tell the story of how I observe the world and helps me synthesize my vision into frames.

This translates into my focus on representing women, which has been the core of my photography for the past 15 years. Tackling the theme of representing women has allowed me to get in touch with my feminine side; as a man, I feel connected and sensitive to the theme of supporting women in their struggle for equality and freedom to express themselves.

 

Please briefly describe your photography style for our readers.

I always like to get out of my comfort zone, so there is often some new personal challenge that I incorporate into the next shoot: it may be lighting technique or interaction with the model or how I involve other professionals in my ideas. I am someone who loves to share and generate enthusiasm in collaborators, and I want that to shine through in the final result. I also try to tell something about myself in what I shoot. Maybe I put something that only I can see, but it doesn't matter if others will see it, I know it is there and that is what matters to me!

 

Where do you get inspiration from?

I owe a huge debt to my heroes like Guy Bordin, Helmut Newton, and Jeanloup Sieff, but I am also devoted to and inspired by Italian neo-realism, which is why I love to create scenes as in a play. Representing beauty is only part of the story when I photograph women: the moment I put myself on the line and abandon my certainties, I try to challenge the models to do the same, I ask them to take a different approach from what they are used to, this, more often than not, creates the right chemistry that leads to sharing the desire to achieve the imagined end result.

 

Do you think in advance what you want in the picture?

Yes, many times my ideas arise during sleep, I wake up with an image in my mind and then build around this visualization the conditions to translate it into a shot making sure that the initial dream image is eventually part of the final result. I know it may sound strange, but it is a recurring process, not as random as it seems. Perhaps it is because photography for me is like a sweet obsession: my eyes look at the world around me as if I want to put everything I see in a photographic frame.

 

Studio, on location or both?

Whatever it takes to finalize the idea I want to develop. I don't really have a preference: I like to play with lights in the studio, but I also get excited about working in situations where something might be out of my full control and a bit random.

 

Would you consider yourself a hobbyist or a paid professional?

I am free to do what I want in photography, which is the best thing. I have a very professional approach and a lot of skills, and that is recognized; so I get a lot of job offers, but most of them I drop when I don't like them or they don't convince me. This is freedom, and I am thankful that I don't have to live on photography. I always try to find a balance so that photography is not what I need to pay the bills, but at the same time I want the practice of photography to be something that does not affect my budget.

 

What has been your most memorable session and why?

The Last Supper for Women with 13 models that won the National Geographic award in the People category in 2011. It cost me 6 months of preparation, was epic, and was a clear sign of my conviction to tell a different story about the image of women. I think even today this photo is a good image to remind us of the role of women in history: crucial but often untold.

 

Nikon or Canon? Favorite lens?

I shoot with Nikon, I have a D800 and an F100 film camera, but it doesn't really matter to me. I have made many great images simply by using a can of Pringles over the viewfinder of my old LOMO and then shooting what I was framing in the viewfinder with an Olympus mirrorless camera and its f2.8 macro! My favorite professional lenses are the Nikkor 28-70 f 2.8 and the 85 mm f 1.8, mainly because I like to be close to my subjects to make a good connection.

 

What is one piece of advice you would like to offer a new photographer looking to start their own business?

First of all they should study for real, forget online tutorials, find a good mentor with great experience who wants to help them become independent and competent, I had mine long ago! The younger generation needs to understand the importance of learning the history of photography more than the technique. It is important to be able to visualize and make masterpieces one's own: from Edward Weston's vegetables to the Americans as told by Robert Frank, from the industrial photography of the Beker school in Düsseldorf to the long history of fashion photographers in the golden age of the 1960s-1980s, all of this must be part of the know-how. The fact is that AI is already here, the technique is fully supported by the technology, so it is becoming a real challenge to work as a photographer competing with AI, but at the same time AI is also an opportunity: learning how to generate value from AI support alongside being imperfect. In my opinion, imperfection is the added value for the future. Perfection is what is killing most photography, everything is becoming flat and boring, and many photographers will be replaced by AI, especially when a flat-but-good-and-cheap result is required. Young photographers will fail if they pretend to line up their photos to perfection, instead they should try to learn the lesson given to us by Diane Arbus: to be empathetic and transfer ourselves and the essence of our interpretation of the subject into the photos is the matter. This is what AI can't offer and this is why I remain optymistic for the future.

 

What do you think of our new magazine?

I like it a lot mostly because it gives priority to photos and I am happy you gave me the chance to share my works!

 



Photo Assistant: Andrea Guetti

Make up, Hair and Bodypainting: Fiorella Scatena

Jewels: Marco Balderi Orafo in Pietrasanta (LU)


Make up and Hair: Silvia Gerzeli

Styling: Comparini Lingerie, Lucca


Make up and Hair: Silvia Gerzeli

Dress and Styling: Annalisa Benedetti


Make up: Labottega Lab

Model: Heidi


Make up and Hair: Tinebra Make up

Styling: Ginevra Lavinia Giusti

Models: Hedy and Perla


Make up and Styling: Najewa Daoudi

Model: Nadije


Styling and Hands: Sara Rugani

Model: Charo Galura


Make up and Styling: Najewa Daoudi

Model: Naomi


Make up and Hair: Bianca Alinghieri

Bag and Accessories: Giulia Rubenni creations


Make up and Hair: Tinebra Make up

Styling: Ginevra Lavinia Giusti

Models: Hedy and Perla


Photo Assistant: Andrea Guetti

Interior Designer: Donata Betti

Make up: Fiorella Scatena

Hair Style: Silvia Gerzeli

Jewels Sculptures and Accessories: Eleonora Francioni

Dress and Styling: Annalisa Benedetti

 

Models from left to right:

Magena Yama, Charo Galura, Nadije, Carlotta, Naomi


Photo Assistant: Andrea Guetti

Interior Designer: Donata Betti

Make up: Fiorella Scatena

Hair Style: Silvia Gerzeli

Jewels Sculptures and Accessories: Eleonora Francioni

Dress and Styling: Annalisa Benedetti

 

Models from left to right:

Carlotta, Nadije, Magena Yama


A Female Last Supper

 

Photo Assistant: Andrea Guetti

Make Up & Hair: Silvia Gerzeli and Fiorella Scatena

Styling: Camilla Saccardi

 

Models (from left to right):

Perla, Deianira, Adularescenza, Gingered, Hedy, Anna, Arianna, Neve, Genny, Magena Yama, JuiLo, Stephanie Rox, Destiny


A Female Last Supper

 

Photo Assistant: Andrea Guetti

Make Up & Hair: Silvia Gerzeli and Fiorella Scatena

Styling: Camilla Saccardi

 

Models (from left to right):

Perla, Deianira, Adularescenza, Gingered, Hedy, Anna, Arianna, Neve, Genny, Magena Yama, JuiLo, Stephanie Rox, Destiny


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