Black Mask - Set, London - 180518

Gosh, it's been ages since the last update - apologies!

A lot of changes have happened in some areas of my life and, while I haven't stopped photographing for a second, I somehow branched out of event photography to try my hand at different things.
Positive experiences, but it meant I neglected these pages for a bit too long.

So. I'm back with a bang(er).
London based Black Mask are purveyors of the finest synth-based pop-culture inspired anarchy, and I wholeheartedly invite you to listen to their gem David Kronenberg 1664 (and their equally good Jay Reatard's It's Not Easy snappy cover).

For all your visual media needs, here's a gallery of their excellent performance yesterday at SET, Dalston.

Guantanamo Baywatch - Shacklewell Arms, London - 26 September '17

Yes, they have the best name ever. And yes, they are dynamite.
Few snaps with my prime lens while trying not to dance to their irresistible surf-rock.
Check out the full gallery on my flickr profile!

RIDDLES - MOTH Club, London - 9th August '17

Ever since seeing them opening for Arrows of Love back in 2014, I was eager to see The Riddles on stage again. Welcome back!
It was silly, incendiary and awesomely rock 'n' roll.

Five of my favourites: musical portraits.

I started out as a music photographer.
Or, better, I one day decided I would bring my friend's decent compact camera to a gig and I'd take pictures with it.
They were terrible pictures. Underexposed, grainy, inventively framed. You can still look at them, and feel better about yourself as a photographer (I sometimes do).
But that's okay, that's how you start out. I will always remember, at that same concert, observing an unknown, more professional photographer waltzing around the stage, trying angles I could have never thought of and never, ever using their flash.
It was mesmerising. I still think of it as my first, fundamental photography class.
Years later, I would become friends with that photographer, but that's another story.

My point is - it could have never happened without music, and without live music.
It's still my favourite thing to shoot, the one that I do automatically, without even thinking about it; the one I even enjoy editing (!).

Some promo shoots have happened every now and then though, and it's been a privilege to have been chosen to do them. It's storytelling, it's a glimpse into what an artist thinks of themselves and who do you think they are.
It's extremely personal, but requires precision and organisation.

Here's five of my favourite portraits of musicians taken over the years - always a challenge, and always a pleasure.

Alessandra Perna, Luminal

Miro Sassolini

Emerald Leaves

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Welcome!

Everyday a photographer wakes up, and tells themselves: I need to update my portfolio.
The chance they'd actually done that by the end of the day are, practically, zero. Zilch. Nihil. So. Well. It took me just three months to get round doing *this*.
It's not finished - the idea is to add new pictures on a daily basis.
It's not complete - for now, most of the pictures are my most recent works.
But.
It is pretty.
I hope you enjoy browsing through this varied, imperfect, electrifying collection of pictures, as much as I enjoyed taking them.

Ciao!