Photography: the art of freezing time, the ability to store emotions and feelings in a frame, the way to capture a moment and tell its story.
He became interested in sociology after completing a three-year degree at the University of Padua and a double master's degree at the EHESS in Paris and the HSE in Moscow. During one of his many trips to South-East Asia, he discovered a passion for photography. Particularly for the countless expressions, physiognomies and faces he encountered in the streets. He was able to capture every view and instant of life, age and social class. He discovered photography as a key and object of understanding.
This is research studies in fact being ethnographies and participant observations of social movements and indigenous people in conflict situations. In addition, there is a passion - later to become a project - that he has pursued since his adolescence: urban exploration, or urbex. He explores structures forged by the hand of man, often abandoned, in ruins, forgotten or made off-limits, from the Sahara desert to the Far East.
The photography of abandoned places, within a spatial and temporal dimension that is detached from the rest of society, is written and subsequently rewritten through his documentation. The skills acquired through his studies and research have developed sensitivity and an eye for details and faces. He currently collaborates for the pages of the newspaper "il manifesto" and “Arte e Dossier”.
Through his project, he aims to share his unique perspective and vision with the world, and to tell stories that inspire, captivate, and move people.
Through a series of photographs, "A-suitcase-of-fireflies" offers a glimpse into the lives of people from all walks of life, highlighting the beauty, complexity and diversity of the human experience.
Click here"Ash to Ash" is a photographic exploration of cemeteries, revealing the fascination and unease surrounding death, and how burial places offer glimpses into the lives of the deceased through gravestones and epitaphs.
Click here"Industrial" is about shapes, volumes, shadows, and light in the built and anonymous world.
Click hereIn "Shooting" the essence of the subjects is captured through a mix of fashion and street photography, showing the unique beauty and individuality of each person photographed.
Click hereFrom South-East Asia to South Asia, "My Asia" tell of - beyond the exotic and the legends - a macro-continent with a thousand facets and scents, of witch doctors and fishermen, of beauty but also of poverty..
Click here"Needle_Thread" explores the intricate relationship between needle and thread in delineating an autobiography of the human body.
Click here"Planalto-Mirandês" tells the story of a region in north-eastern Portugal and those who inhabit it.
Click here'Shadows are us' tells of the intertwining of stories that arises between individuals and their shadows.
Click hereIn "The Road" are immortalised the diversity and extravagance of those who populate and walk the city streets.
Click hereIn'Bestiarium' are portrayed animals in comical and unconventional scenarios, exploring their simplicity, genuine goodness, and occasional naivety.
Click here"The Silent Sentinels" explores the hidden emotions and stories of mannequins bringing them to life through the interplay of light and form.
Click here"A-window-in-a-vacuum" portrays small corners of the world, plots and windows of thought populated by mountains, seas, trees, rocks and clouds.
Click hereIn his photos he extrapolates glimpses, rituals of life and street moments. Jacopo portrays an everyday life of which we are not aware but which exists and is always part of us. His subjects include foreigners and strangers, but also friends and acquaintances.
Whoever appears in front of a camera wants to bring his or her best
side, even if that is not always what photographers are looking for.
Whoever searches for the essence and intimacy of an individual must have the ability to see
beyond, to be able to read the human soul and break through its masks.
Photography is about observing, communicating and interacting. In a photo there is never only
the subject, but also the photographer. What creates photography is an exchange of energy between
the photographer and the person in front of the lens.
And if you look deeply, at every photo next to the subject you can also find the photographer.
In his albums, Jacopo exhibits various themes, ranging from aesthetics to
humour and sentiment, but also talks about politics and social issues. The focus of his work is
people, with more than 150 photos in the album 'A suitcase of fireflies', and as many in 'My Asia'
and 'Documentary Photography'.
In these three albums, Jacopo focuses on the aesthetics and beauty of each individual's
physiognomy.
In 'Street Photography' he captures the street moment that makes that moment unique and
unrepeatable.
"Shadows of us" portrays people often from behind, hidden and in shadow. A shadow that follows
everyone from birth to the grave.
"Needle & Thread" tells of scars and small details of man.
"Industrial" and "A Window in a Vacuum", on the other hand, focus on the built and natural worlds
respectively.
Thanks to the intervention of the camera, an unusual situation can be transformed into a unique, unreal, ephemeral moment.
The playground is the street where a thousand lives move in unison, meet and leave each other, where bonds are made and broken, where people express joy, carefreeness, grace... Jacopo in his photos tells of the small gestures that make up the puzzle of life. A scar can tell a story of suffering, a tattoo, an existence of fun, a smile, a life of love. Every detail carries a precious story.
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