giulio I do see the irony inherent in creating images and fantasies with my camera, but what always remains honest is my vision and my perspective. I'm not out to duplicate anyone else's style or follow the latest trends. I'm not out to impress you with name dropping or esoteric references. It's just not in my blood. I find my inspiration and influences from many different "shiny objects": religious art, Stanley Kubrik, 16 bit video games, that homeless guy on the corner, urban geometries, propaganda, the story in the lines on my Nonna's face or my cat's endless shenanigans. I shoot because I must. I love to explore the emotional reactions I can arouse in people when they see my images. It's not just about composition, form, color and creating a "pretty picture". It's about the emotion. I'm always and endlessly amazed with the emotional power people give to photographs. Those thousands of pixels don't mean a thing except what we make it mean. The image of the guy with gnarly teeth might be "powerful" to one person and "disgusting" to the next, but at the end of the day, it's just a bunch of pixels. My pixels.