Welcome to this space.
Here I'll share thoughts and photos without following strict themes or schedules. Sometimes it'll be the story behind a shot, other times a reflection on a project, or simply what stayed with me after a day on the street with the Leica on my shoulder.
Let's start: Why the website? Why the blog?
Simple. When I take a photograph, I don't imagine it on social media. Screens are too small, it's too easy to scroll past, too quick to move on to something else entirely. A photo I've spent hours waiting for, that tells something important, ends up being seen for half a second among a thousand other things.
It doesn't make sense.
As I said in my stories, I want you — looking at this site, viewing my photos, reading these stories — to take a bit more time. The best viewing experience is on desktop or tablet, where images have the space they deserve, where you can see the details, where you can breathe with the photograph.
I've been working as a documentary photographer for years. I spent more than twenty years behind the scenes on stages around the world, learning to move in silence, work in low light, catch the right moment. In 2018 I picked up the camera again and now I try to capture my perspective on the world's stage.
Well, maybe I'll get fewer views this way. But maybe those views will be qualitatively better. Views that connect how I represent the world to you observing it through my eye — which is just the tip of an iceberg of a lifetime of experiences that create my vision.
What will you find here?
Stories from the field. Technical notes when they matter. Reflections on projects I'm following. Sometimes just a photo that won't leave me alone, with a few lines about why.
There won't be fixed schedules or editorial calendars. I'll write when I have something to say. When I have a story worth telling.
Come back when you want. I'll add something new from time to time. If you're really interested in this work, if you want to know what's behind the images I make, this is the right place.
Let's begin.
V.
