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Here I propose an exhibition of my work in progress

Working in manual focus gives your images a different aesthetic. The way the lens renders details, especially the microcontrast, feels more natural, more organic. There’s a subtle imperfection in the focus transition that adds depth and texture, creating photographs that breathe, rather than look digitally perfect. It’s a slower process, but that slowness becomes part of the image itself.

That is the main reason I made this choice for my photography. And let me say that I love the way I am working with my Sony…the LCD monitor turned off, the viewfinder on. I feel the experience more similar to the one I have with my rangefinder.

The lens mounted on my Sony is one of the cheapest lenses in history of photography, I think. But this 7Artisans 25mm 1.8 allows me to obtain that mood and a workflow that I love when on the street. It is pretty far to be precise. I have to check out everytime if the position of the focus distance is OK, but hey, I nail more photos in focus this way than with the AF lenses.

And when I don’t nail the focus, well…sometimes I still propose the image because there is a sense to do it, and the out of focus is in some way more organic than a AF out of focus image.

From the point of view of form and content this selection is a good representation of where is going my photography.