Biography

Photography has always been a constant part of my life. Ever since I was very young, in fact, each and every moment of it was a scene to be immortalised by capturing it on my father’s camera. As a result, it was a natural outcome that I became a wedding photographer throughout Italy and the Apulia region.

I was born in Brussels, where my father emigrated with his family due to work necessities. Here, he immediately developed a passion for photography, a passion most likely driven by the need felt by emigrants to capture, in a single shot, moments spent with the family, and which could one day be proudly shown to family members far away. He bought a 1940’s Pontiac reflex camera at a small flea market.

The whole family quickly developed a passion for photography. Of the three of us, it was my youngest brother who was the first to be attracted to this form of art. As a result, he started to study photography and then set up our first darkroom at home.

When I was 18, I started to steal the secrets of the trade driven, both by my strong inclination towards expressing the creativity I felt inside and, above all, by the need I felt to create a connection to the surrounding world in order to feed my empathetic spirit. During those years, my dream was to become a famous photographer and to turn my greatest passion into a profession.

Living abroad at the time was fascinating, but soon love was to change my whole life. I decided to return to Apulia for marrying Rosanna, my wife until this very day. And I must admit that I am, and always will be, happy that I made that decision because I have four wonderful sons and daughters and a very close knit family. Moreover, one of whom, Luigi, often assists me in my career and shares my passion for capturing special moments, married couples and unique emotions during the joyous wedding ceremony.

However, while living once again in Lecce, I never gave up my passion for photography, though I did need to diversify my activities in order to get by. I started working as an electrician and, with a great deal of toil, I managed to buy my first video camera for capturing those happy moments with my family and, who knows, maybe produce and edit videos on demand.

I realised, however, that photography was still my obsession and so I started to get involved with Wedding Photography, working alongside well-known photographers covering wedding parties and services. I started to produce videos, but my ambition was to become an expert in the field of wedding photography in Apulia and throughout Italy.

I have always considered myself as being a person that is open to innovation and with a close eye on the future. Indeed, as far back as 1994, I purchased my first MAC, a Quadra 800, along with early image editing programmes. It was amazing technology for its time. Photo editing was still like science fiction!

The changeover from film reel to digital affected me a great deal and it was then that I became permanently involved with photography. I became specialised in editing photographs which I transferred onto film with the help of my film recorder. I was still working in the field of wedding photography, editing photographs of weddings in Apulia, as well as throughout Italy.

At the same time, I fell in love with filmmaking and I began to study film direction and screenplay. By working alongside directors of full-length and short films, shot throughout Apulia, I became acquainted with the direction of sets with ensemble casts. This proved to be useful for my photography as well.

At long last, in 2001 I opened my own studio in Copertino, Apulia. It was here that, by bringing together all the experience I had gained, I started to photograph weddings in various parts of the world, while continuously developing and concentrating on my particular style of photography, which was inspired by photo-reporting, aimed at capturing the moment and, above all, the emotions in a spontaneous and clear manner.

The element that, more than any other, influences my style of photography is that of continuously delving into aesthetical aspects and into one’s personal definition of love. With this in mind, I love to witness and to capture in one single shot the entire universe of emotions that erupts at a wedding.

Over the years, I have been blessed with success and I have received numerous prizes as a wedding photographer in Italy and in Apulia, as well as being honored with international prizes. I can therefore claim to be happy to have fulfilled my dreams.

That is how I became a wedding destination photographer and my commitment to capturing the most romantic day of your life in a spontaneous and focused manner is, and always will be, my one and only objective.