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SOME OF THEM IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, WITH OTHERS IT’S BEEN A ONE-TIME MEETING... H: IS THERE AN IMAGE IN YOUR PORTFOLIO THAT YOU LIKE FOR A SPECIAL REASON? A WORK THAT GAVE YOU SPECIAL SATISFACTION? AL: AS I TOLD YOU, I’VE LOVED THEM ALL...BUT AMONG THE IMAGES THAT I’VE SENT YOU THERE ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT I’VE LOVED (AND I STILL DO) THE MOST.
AL: MANY. PENN, SKREBNESKI, BOURDIN, HINE, SIEFF, WITKIN, MAPPLETHORPE, RITTS... AND MORE, MANY MORE... H: ARE YOU MORE INVOLVED WHEN TAKING A FASHION PHOTO OR A PORTRAIT? WHAT THE EMOTIONS OF ONE AND OF THE OTHER ONE? AL: THEY ARE DIFFERENT THINGS,A FASHION PHOTO REQUIRES A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE FROM A PORTRAIT, I DON’T SEE SIMILARITIES, THEY ARE WAY TOO DIFFERENT, SO THE APPROACH...
H: IS THERE ANYONE IN PARTICULAR WITH WHOM YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK? SOME WORK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO? AL: I DON’T KNOW, THERE ARE MODELS THAT I LIKE VERY MUCH WITH WHOM I HAVEN’T WORKED, BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER MODELS THAT I LIKE AND WITH WHOM I’VE WORKED...
I WANT TO ADD AN ANECDOTE CONCERNING THIS INTERVIEW: READING THE ANSWERS THAT I WROTE, I REALIZED THAT INSTEAD OF “LOVED” (“AMATE” IN ITALIAN), I WROTE “LOVER” (“AMANTE”)... DRAW YOUR CONCLUSIONS................
H: AMONG THE LIVING PHOTOGRAPHERS, ARE THERE ANY THAT YOU RESPECT PARTICULARLY? AND FROM THE PAST?
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