Autumn finally came, after the warmest september of the last years (at least here in Rome…). Now the temperature felt down suddenly and the first rains are already arrived: for me it’s been the occasion to come back under the rain to take some new images for my series Raindrop Blues. Here a selection of new pictures taken in august and september (so also in Southern Italy, during the only rainy day of summer!).
“In recognition of Photographic Excellence from
PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS EUROPE COMMUNITY
Honors of Excellence”
2nd Place + Gold Award at WPE Awards in Street Photography for my image “The Head”! Not bad!
I’m so happy to show you my first zine about my series Raindrop Blues: 94 photos in 60 pages for a book full of colors, rain and good vibs. If you like it you can purchase it on Blurb. Thank you so much!
Yesterday a great rain is fallen on Roma. It was really difficult to walk and shoot, I was a little worried for my camera, so I decided to find shelter in the underground station in front of the Colosseo. It was a perfect day for my project Raindrop Blues, so, at least, I’ve taken some good picture for it. Here a little selection after my rainy afternoon. Remember: you can follow the entire project on Facebook.
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My new series, “Raindrop Blues”, is now under your eyes. I hope you can find it interesting. Here a little selection with the first images that I’ve realized. A lot of people asked me if I use a wet glass of if I shoot behind a window. In the next weeks I’ll explain you better my way to realize this series. I’m waiting for the rain in order to take some new pictures, in the meanwhile, after the description, the first 12 images… Enjoy the gallery and open your umbrella.
“The rain washes memories off the sidewalk of life”, Woody Allen said in a old movie.
Raindrops, like in a blues song, fall with a repetitive but fascinating rhythm, awakening, as they were called in XVII century, the “blue demons”: a suffused sensation of melancholia.
Raindrop Blues Project tries to dip the viewer in a sort of oneiric reality, where the rain seems to fall on everyone, creating evocative images where every element – the street, the sky, the characters, the viewer – is involved in a romantic and, in the same time, melancholic feeling. As Bob Marley said, when it rains some “feel” the rain, others just get wet.
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[ENG] “The rain washes memories off the sidewalk of life”, Woody Allen said in a old movie.
Raindrops, like in a blues song, fall with a repetitive but fascinating rhythm, awakening, as they were called in XVII century, the “blue demons”: a suffused sensation of melancholia.
Raindrop Blues Project tries to dip the viewer in a sort of oneiric reality, where the rain seems to fall on everyone, creating evocative images where every element – the street, the sky, the characters, the viewer – is involved in a romantic and, in the same time, melancholic feeling. As Bob Marley said, when it rains some “feel” the rain, others just get wet.
[ITA] “La pioggia lava via le memorie dai marciapiedi della vita”, diceva Woody Allen in un vecchio film.
Le gocce di pioggia, come in un blues, cadono con un ritmo ripetitivo ma affascinante, capace di risvegliare quelli che nel XVII secolo venivano chiamati i “demoni blu”: una soffusa sensazione di malinconia.
Il progetto Raindrop Blues prova ad immergere lo spettatore in una realtà quasi onirica, in cui la pioggia sembra cadere anche su colui che guarda, creando delle immagini suggestive in cui ogni elemento – le strade, il cielo, i personaggi, lo spettatore – viene coinvolto in un turbine di sentimenti romantico e al tempo stesso malinconico. Perché, come diceva Bob Marley, quando piove c’è chi “sente” la pioggia e chi, semplicemente, si bagna.
Living is easy with one eye closed 