PORTRAIT I have always thought that shooting a portrait is like taking a quick trip into the eyes of someone else; the illusion of sharing an instant story with the subject, raping an attitude, a mood either of the great artist or of the "anyone" of the front door. DUCAL PALACE One day I think I saw a Palace, empty in its neglect, nevertheless rich in memories and fancies on the frescoes of the aged walls. From the false architectures of the trompe l'oeil light dancers telling you the ancient tale of Reality chasing the Dream, and vice versa. U.S.A. The New World, the first strong cut from what I had known and lived before .The United States offered me a full immersion show without giving the possibility of expressing a personal opinion. Like being in a film you have seen many times, a stage on which you have been cast by a foolish wizard who likes to take fun of you. THEATRE/BALLET In that dark space of the theatre I could see human shapes coming to life, dancing dreams and nightmares, just like I still were in my mother's womb. On the stage L.Kemp, J.Russillo, M.Bejeart and others, let me live ravishing visions and emotions as spectator and photographer altogether. NUDES Bodies and gestures from the stage to the studio and ambiance, looking for Beauty in a pose: the Nude as harmony and joy to the eye. MARRIAGE The day of "Yes, I will" seen as a performance: clothes, attitudes , words , rites are not those of routine. Happening and ceremony combined to make the couple more believable on that unbelievable day. FASHION A glance, a well calculated pose, the professional art of pretending and performing an up-to-date disguise to make the dress of the season a more desired accessory. That is all . MONUMENTAL CEMETRY - MILAN I am not used to promenade among graves, I confess , but one day it happened. And it was the amazing discovery of the Cimitero Monumentale in Milan in its appalling, sublime Beauty. Art and Pity, Eros and Thanatos fighting each other in one embrace. UNA PIETAS, either you believe or not. LA PIETA The utmost masterpiece by Guido Mazzoni, a realistic sculptor of early Renaissance. After having been Master of Ceremony at the Estensi court he became a supreme interpreter of popular Faith. This group can be considered the climax of his theatrical an dramatic art. He titled it "Mourning on the dead body of Christ."(1474). CALENDAR ( FRANCOROSSO 1994 ) Travelling, to get pleasure and experience. And emotions, too in the landscape of Kenya where the tradition of Western culture is the discreet presence of a naked body marking the primordial skyline of African Nature. TRAVELLING Other travels, to South-America and Africa, Far-East and Cuba, stopping some time in Paris. Pictures for professional work and intimate sketches of life: to meet the World again. BAGHDAD Like every day mothers in black waiting in front of the pediatric hospital. Blazing light at 47 degrees.The scene is still. I shoot ancient faces demanding respect. Fatalism and the silence of dignity make everything seem deceptively serene to me. Inside, in the wards, the environment is even stronger: voices, sounds, odors enrich the scene. The wistfulness of lullaby - abibi abibi - absurdly heightens the drama of infancy on the edge of non-life. Before shooting I search the eyes of those absent faces. They answer and let me into their composed pain. FROM FACE TO FACE I met faces and eyes, I captured fears and hopes in a glance coming from afar. So, travelling from face to face, I reported the changes happening in my town: Modena, just like Italy, growing and growing into the Greater World. NEW EUROPE From Berlin, just like from an ideal window facing ad looking at East, my camera tried to search and report people and cultures of the New Europe. And from there fresh and positive energies to us and to the Union.

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