MAURO BALLETTI – fotografo
Volevo che i miei studenti del corso di fotografia della Moda del Polimoda di Firenze potessero ascoltare la voce ed il racconto di un grande professionista dell’immagine quale e’ Mauro Balletti.
E’ dal 1973 che Mauro cura l’immagine di Mina, sue sono le cover dei dischi che tutti hanno ammirato, come unica finestra che permettesse un qualche contatto con la DIVA irraggiungibile, l’unica vera ultima diva italiana: Mina, la tigre di Cremona.
Una chiacchierata notturna, che conferma quella che e’ sempre stata la mia profonda convinzione, Mauro e’ un artista a tutto tondo, moderno nel senso “rinascimentale” del termine, ovvero poliedrico, capace di elaborare e creare attraverso vari media, dalla fotografia (incontro casuale quello con la fotografia), il video, ma soprattutto la pittura, la sua vera grande passione.
A Hip Nightclub for a special occasion
People start coming in at around 11pm, like it should be for any respectable nightlife goer.
Purses, accessories, fancy high heel shoes, make up, glossy lipsticks, silky dresses, rich silkscreen prints, audacious cuts, champagne flowing in the flutes, noise of glasses falling on the ground.
The party has started, no one can stop it, it’s time to celebrate.
Celebrate the night, the end of the week, it’s possible to turn the switch off and say hello to the dark night. A cozy environment with a zealous service turns the nightclub in a clockwork as regular as a Swiss watch ready to follow and satisfy the need of the clientele.
Street Market
Street Market
Today there is no soccer game played in the soccer stadium in Florence, therefore the municipality has given the space, the boulevards around it to street vendors.
The market always attracts a vibrant crowd of Florentines that love to chat, eat and browse the various and peculiar items.
This is the perfect scenario for some street photography, but instead of concentrating on humans, too aware in such a limited space, I decided to redirect my attention towards our little friends: dogs, rabbits, hamsters.
LUCA e l’amore
L’amore ti passa accanto e non lo vedi e non lo comprendi, l’amore è quello di Luca, era quello di luca, una vita con una cesura, un grave incidente di moto che ne cambia la percezione della realtà, ma non quella dell’amore.
Luca arriva in agosto a Firenze, per confessare il proprio amore, è vestito per l’occasione, non ha paura dell’amore lui, lui lo confessa, lui lo ammette.
MILAN l’è un gran MILAN
MILAN l’è un gran MILAN
Finally I had the chance to enjoy a bit of sun and good weather, I know some cold breeze will strike back in spring time, but let’s enjoy it and dream about weekends like this, warm, sunny, perfect.
PHOTO CLASSES
PHOTO CLASSES
I still recall my Middle Eastern experience as one of the most enlightening ones, I had the chance to access a small portion of the Jordanian society from a privileged path, getting to know people that I felt extremely close.
I have recently received the pics taken during the class, I wish I could be back in Amman.
Inshallah!
Many thanks to Dina Seisah, that was patient enough to follow the whole course and take all the pictures.
Livorno 2012
I know I haven’t added any sort of comment, but it’s late, enjoy the pics and welcome the article when it’ll eventually come, in the near future.
New Year’s Eve 2012
When you find yourself among people you basically don’t know, but you don’t feel out of place, think of it this way: it’s their gift to you. Their gift of hospitality of being “catapulted” into another world you don’t belong to, a reality that unexpectedly opens up to you as your photographic eye was welcome to capture bits of life of another circle, completely diverse from the one you belong to. Similar body language eventually, but different intensity.
It was extremely cold outside, the frozen air was blowing my hairs off as I tried to look at the village called “Le Rose”.
Inside the tiny dining room a small crowd was loudly chatting trying to share the contentment for the new year.
The noise was overwhelming and I reached the door to part from that.
The poetry of the dark, black night was unbearable due to the -10 degrees Celsius that made me think of Finland or Siberia.
Suggested soundtrack: Adam Hurst, Midnight Waltz from the album “Ritual”
Christmas 2011
Christmas is over, we have been through the eating, the feasting and wishing.
Food is what actually absorbs us so much we definitely long for an intestinal rest.
Although fantastic we definitely feel a bit tired. But the deep warm coloured sky is what we really need at the end of the day.
PF #7.9 – Opening and videos!
Ok beautiful people, here we are, a whole bunch of visitors has come on the first day and we are super happy!!! thank you all!
Ok bella gente, eccoci qua, già nella prima giornata siamo stati inondati da un flusso continuo di visitatori, grazie a tutti e tornate in questi giorni, sia oggi sabato 10 Dicembre che domani domenica 11.
I visitatori si sono intrattenuti con gli artisti e con le curatrici, Federica Faraone e Petra Brezackova, nel desiderio e nella curiosità di vedere le opere anche attraverso il racconto di chi le ha messe al mondo e le ha viste nascere.
Qui sotto le interviste con gli artisti