47
Two numbers, in the sense of my years. Born March 30, 1975. And an opportunity to make an introspective text on this path of life and photography.
One of the things that makes me most proud is that I have never compromised. At least not to the decisive ones that make you change negatively. Or be the kind of person I hate most: a hypocrite.
And it doesn't matter if I had to lose something to stay true to myself and my principles. I can always look in the mirror and what I see is a person who is whole, true, rebellious. In a world populated with ass-lickers, slaves and people who move only for the sake of money I can say: I am myself and I am a good person.
I carry on my ideas without reticence, indeed with pride, with the strength of someone who does not always pretend to be right, also ready to retrace my steps and admit mistakes. This way of being has certainly brought me many enemies: in a world of falsehood and where positions are taken out of interest and convenience, where people take refuge in conventicles and hide in the crowd, always and only voting for the majority, I am seen and suffered as obstacle. And this thing has been further amplified over the past three years. I am not manipulable and we are currently living in the period where manipulation has become essential to be part of the dystopian world into which humanity has plunged. And clearly to the system you are perceived as a piece that can block the gear.
And in fact, the censorship has often arrived. And then you saw it, you who know the story that occurred in 2021 with the act of discrimination of which I was a victim. But how did I react? With a mocking smile on his face because I wallow in the baseness of the system. And I get stronger than before as a sort of Windigo of the of the cruelty of the system.
And in fact this has happened: today I am a much better photographer. And I am precisely because being made out of a certain situation has allowed me to spread my wings. The latter part of last year and these first months of this year are the evidence of this. I've made choices that some don't understand. Just like I always have. Just like 12 years ago when I went from the Nikon DSLR to mirrorless and compact cameras. Today I went back to DSLRs and am switching digital only to Canon.
But it is a greater awareness gained not only from the years of experience. What today led me to the photography that I have been proposing for a few months is the result of a path that has also metabolized the evidence of recent years in which perhaps I have been a little firm and blinded by my position, even that of ambassador. These are things that everyone would advise against sharing publicly, but I don’t care. There are toxic situations that, instead of bringing benefits, undermine the foundations of creativity. If it did not happen with me, it is because I have broad shoulders and in the end I always kept a lot of doing my thing. Because when one is different it never stops being different, you don't have a switch that you can turn off or behave intermittently.
On the day I turn 47 I tell myself that I am older but this does not put out the flame that burns constantly.
The sacred fire of passion feeds me.
Not money and material things.
And guys, believe me, the best is yet to come.
