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MATTEO CESCHI Milanese street photographer, essayist and freelance journalist, he writes and shoots for several magazines and has exhibited his shots in various locations.

He collaborates with Swiss newspaper La Regione. He is an author and radio host at RT Radio Terapia and collaborates with Radio Rock FM.

His latest book, Note per salvare il Pianeta, was published in 2020 by VoloLibero Edizioni. He is a member of f50/The International Photography Collective.

His latest projects were in collaboration with f/50 fellows John Meehan, Steve Coleman and Keith Goldstein and with the Italian fashion brand Lucio Costa.

He received a honorable mention at the 2015 International Photography Awards.

In 2016 he realized with colleague Jim Marshall KO.existence, a photographic project exhibited in Sarajevo and in 2017 in Milan (with high-patronage of the Italian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina). In 2017 he was curator of an exhibition of historic photos entitled Unseen Sixties at ExpoWall gallery in Milan. In Spring 2017 he launched with creative designer Federico Ramponi remoteclicking, a new shooting language that exploits mobile technology. He was the author of the “making of” of artist and director Federico Garibaldi‘s short film, Un filo tra cielo, terra e acqua, winner of the Silver Dolphin prize at the 2018 Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards. In September 2019 he presented with colleague Jim Marshall Rise and Fall, a multimedia exhibition produced by the Italian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and EU Info Centre in BiH at the History Museum of Bosnia Herzegovina, Sarajevo.

At the end of 2019 he started a collaboration with Paula Nora Seegy’s Artespressione Gallery in Milan. From February 2020 to early May 2020 he realized his Winter Midsummer Project (curated by Matteo Pacini), a completely subjective photographic narrative project rich in details captured during the few occasions one was allowed to go outside during the pandemic. In September 2020, he presented Out of the Night, an exhibition dedicated to the contemporary Swiss jazz music scene curated by Matteo Pacini.

WHEN THE MUSIC PLAYED LOUD

Today this series of frames (from my ROCK MUSIC ARCHIVES, Refused, live Rock in IdRho, Milan, June 4, 2012) seems so relevant to me… We need live music and festivals to get out the pandemic! We need to share music and positive vibes!

ON AIR

Yesterday on air with musician and DJ Giuseppe Fiori, DJ Paola Colombo, friend bluesman Joe Valeriano and author Aldo Pedron at Let’s Spend The Night Together, Radio Popolare FM 107.6. We talked about Joe’s exciting musical career and his artistic partnerships. BLUES ROCK POWER! (Fuji X100 + Huawei Y7 2019)

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LIVE ACT PHOTO SERVICE

Are you in Milan with your band for a live show/showcase or a recording session?

I am a photographer/essayist/music journalist, member of f/50 The International Photography Collective.

I’ve been in the music business for more than twenty years. Now, I am a columnist for Swiss Pnp Magazine and for Indiana Music Magazine and a contributing author/photographer for Fuji X Passion and Olympus Passion magazines.

In my ROCK MUSIC ARCHIVES you can find people like Iggy Pop, Chris Cornell & Soundgarden, Wayne Kramer & MC5, Soft Machine and indie/underground musicians too.

If you are tired of the usual boring photo sessions, please contact me. In addition to the live performance I can also photograph all the soundcheck & backstage situations. (Photo: Me and Zara McFarlane at Blue Note, Milan, 2018 – by Federico Ramponi)

CONTACT: ceschimatteo@gmail.com

ROCK MUSIC ARCHIVES ON-LINE

In the ROCK MUSIC ARCHIVES (click on the top right to find the menu) I collected all the shots I’ve taken over the years for various music magazines and websites. Currently, my frames are published in Swiss Pnp magazine, Fuji X Passion, Olympus Passion, and in Indiana Music Magazine.

You can find a selection of my ROCK MUSIC ARCHIVES shots (Soundgarden, Prince, Enrico Rava, Greg Dulli, Esperanza Spalding etc.) at ExpoWall Gallery, Milan.

Send any requests for usage rights, info or to buy fine art prints to ceschimatteo@gmail.com or to info@expowallgallery.com

 

IMAGINE THE MUSIC

It doesn’t matter WHO. It doesn’t matter WHERE. I’ve only imagined THE MUSIC!

FREE DOWNLOAD: IMAGINE THE MUSIC

LONESOME ROAD

Joe Valeriano’s Lonesome Road promotional photo session in Milan Porta Genova, mid May 2015. “Gooddamn right, friend, you got the Blues!” [Nikon 1 J2]

ROIPNOL WITCH STARLIGHT TOUR 2016

I’m proud to announce my collaboration with Italian all-girls rock band Roipnol Witch. For the Starlight Tour poster the band chose one of the shots I took (with FujiFilm X30 and Canon 1100D) in late February in Milano during our photo session for March issue of Indiana Music Magazine. And the best is still to come…

SANANDA MAITREYA

Yesterday in the classic location of the Grand Hotel et de Milan I took some shots after Sananda Maitreya‘s press conference for his new album The Rise of the Zugebrian Time Lords.

For the INDIANA MUSIC MAGAZINE cover image I asked the artist, who was well known in the Eighties with another name, to go back to the past and rediscover his boxing fighter mood. Finally, I’ve chosen the first of the four shots taken with my Sony α 3000 and [For the photo session I used Sony α 3000 and FujiFilm X30 cameras]

BLUES POWER IN B&W

When the Blues was born all the bluesmen’s world was in b&w. I chose a sharp b&w and an old railway wall for this shot. Joe Valeriano‘s Lonesome Road is only beginning and my camera captures his first step.
For Joe’s interview see INDIANA MUSIC MAGAZINE‘s latest issue. [Cover shot taken with Nikon 1 J2; second page shot taken with Sony α 3000]