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What if Artificial Intelligence…

…is already creating art and most of what we see in the Web and on social media is the digital equivalent of the famous Artist’s Shit by Piero Manzoni? Just kidding, but after I made the video you can check here, where I talk about the new trend of AI creating photography, this idea came to my mind… what if? lol Let me know what you think about the use of AI in the creation of art!

5 Steps to PROPERLY start with film photography

Lately I made many videos talking about film photography and equipment. Thanks to that I had been asked, mostly by millenials, how to start with film photography. Here my answer. It is a little provocation but is exactly what I think. . . Let me know what you think.

Gear Talk: Holga 120S

Sometime a cheap plastic camera can be a lot of fun. This camera has character created by all the defects of a cheap camera put together! . . Here some images taken with Ilford HP5 and developer in Ilfotec HC. Click on them to enlarge. . . See you next time… perhaps with a little more serious camera!

May 12

Black and White Tales, Print #18

10th week of Covid jail in Italy. Every day we are losing some more freedom and giving more power to the government to keep us “safe” from a virus. Every day I look around and I see the danger of bureaucratic choices, taken without any flexibility or judgment, imposed upon the people. People protesting or simply expressing an opinion not conforming with the government, are censored from the traditional or social media and fined for their respectful protests. Few days ago in Milan, the owners of restaurants protested peacefully against the lock-down. The protester were fined 400 Euros each for illegal gathering. This is just an example but every day the same happens and most of the time does not even make the news. Some people already decided to give up and suicide because they cannot produce anymore and they have no more a way to survive but are just accumulating debts. This situation made me think about what can we do, as individuals, to keep ourselves free and not fall in the darkness of the European past. This week the video is a little longer, sorry, but I felt the need to express my thinking in a proper way […]