What if we played Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) by the Beatles? Maybe we could also add a pinch of Syd Barrett’s flair and the Byrds’ psychedelic melodies. A touch of Jefferson Airplane wouldn’t hurt. A sitar announces the psychedelic storm coming from Quebec… The choice is ours not to protect ourselves from the Elephant Stone’s sonic atmospheric spirals… (All photos taken with FujiFilm X30)
March 12, 2024. Hoepli International Bookstore in Milan. Contemporary artist Liu Bolin and his collaborators are preparing for a visual performance… Imagine disappearing… And start observing reality… (Shots taken with FujiFilm X-T1 + 7Artisans 35mm f 1.2)
THE BOOK TO COME... The history of Seattle music scene hidden behind the silhouette of one of its heroes… STAY TUNED! (Photo credits: Soundgarden, Milano, June 4, 2012)
Milan, January 19, 2023: A rainy evening. The windshield of a car. Three friends chat. Everything seems blurry from inside… FUORI & MOSSO…
Sunday afternoon. Three AJ’s Toy Boarders surf plastic riders; a black toothpaste; a toothbrush; and a black cardboard. In mind an expression used by William Finnegan in his bestseller Barbarian Days: Surfing Life… “Sunburnt Pagans”… Fantasy rides anarchic waves… (Shots taken with Olympus OM-D E-M5 + Zuiko Marco 30mm f3.5)
The collaboration with The Bluebeaters goes on: A black and white frame (taken at Blumusica, Turin, Spring 2022) chosen for the cover of the new single Trinity originally recorded by Italian composer Franco Micalizzi. Musicians portrayed in black and white on a red background: A classic.
Deconstructing David Bowie’s music to reconstruct David Robert Jones’s artistic legacy. Pierpaolo Martino (double bass, tapes) and Enrico Merlin (electric guitar) staged a show inspired by Karlheinz Stockhausen’s example but also by the pure joy of revealing the pop power of Bowie’s music. The spectators’ ears opened up towards new horizons when the duo revived Ziggy Stardust’s epic from those “dismantled elements”: everything that was not clear before is now recomposed and prepared for a sonic understanding. David Bowie was probably watching the performance at La Corte dei Miracoli and nodding his head.
Author, actor and comedian Germano Lanzoni at Teatro Carcano, Milano, May 25, 2022
The minutes before the show, when the man takes on the role of the character… Attention to detail; relax; and a phone call to a friend…. So the stage becomes as comfortable as mommy’s living room
Now in FREE DOWNLAOD my essay on photography TELLINGWITHMYEYES. NOTE PER UN FOTOGRAFO. Sorry, this time I wrote in Italian. ENJOY!
Years ago, thanks to my friend professor and trumpeter Fabrizio Fiume, I started photographing the jazz scene.
Years later I continue to photograph the world of jazz and build relationships with very special artists on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
In a few days in Bellinzona a new musical-photographic project dedicated to jazz will kick off with friends producer Nicolas Gilliet and composer Frank Salis.
I’ll be there as always with my camera in hand.
Music and art will save us.
FRANK SALIS’ HIGH IN THE SKY CD PRESENTATION
See you on Saturday 26 November, 8:45 PM, at the Teatro Sociale in Bellinzona! Event hosted by NiCOLAsound and Artextentiuon/Artespressione.
TELLING WITH MY EYES 