FEATURED ARTIST D 13 THE WORLD OF FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY...THAT HE NEVER LEFT! HE HAS WORKED FOR ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINES, HIS CLIENTS INCLUDING ROY ROGERS, AERONAUTICA MILITARE AND MORE... IN MILAN HE IS REPRESENTED BY MANDALA AGENCY. TODAY, BESIDES THE ACTIVITY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, HE IS ALSO ART DIRECTOR OF A NEW FASHION MAGAZINE, ROUND, PUBLISHED IN ITALY AND FRANCE. A NEW CHALLENGE...
HEART: WHEN DID YOU APPROACH THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY FIRST? ANGELO LANZA: I NEVER APPROACHED THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY, I REALIZED THAT I ALWAYS LOVED IT AND IT’S BEEN LIKE ENTERING A WORLD I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF. I’VE ALWAYS LOVED TAKING PHOTOS AND MOST OF ALL I’VE LOVED PHOTOGRAPHY AFTER I REALIZED THAT IT WAS OF RELIEF TO MY INTROVERT AND SURLY PERSONALITY. H: DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST ASSIGNEMENT AS A PHOTOGRAPHER? HAS IT BEEN OF ANY IMPORTANCE FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER? AL: YES, I REMEMBER...A DISASTER...I WASN’T READY AND I REALIZED SOME AWFUL IMAGES! THE ASSIGNEMENT, MOREOVER, WASN’T EVEN EASY, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING... IN SHORT, THEY DIDN’T CALL ME ANYMORE.
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H: IN YOUR CAREER, HAVE YOU EVER HAD A MENTOR OR ANYWAY A STRONG REFERENCE? AL: YES, THERE’S BEEN THE ENCOUNTER WITH VICTOR SKREBNESKI, ON THE OCCASION OF AN EXHIBITION HE HELD IN MILAN IN 1990...IT WAS FATAL! I UNDERSTOOD HE LOVED PHOTOGRAPHY IN A PASSIONATE WAY AND I FELT HIS ENTHUSIASM AND MY PASSION AS WELL! H: YOUR FIRST CAMERA... IC: MY FIRST CAMERA WAS A PRESENT FROM MY UNCLE WHO (WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING)