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About
me
I am a photographer
and a journalist from Italy.
Like Doctor
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I have a double personality: I'm a researcher working
in an high technology research centre in everyday life, but the other person
that lives inside me is exactly on the opposite position: no science, just
art! "Mr. Hyde Belverde" is a reporter and a journalist and writes for
several Italian newspapers and magazines. He loves telling the tales of
the Island of Sicily, its people and traditions. Reportage, portraits and
nudes are the genres he loves the most.
My main studies
were in the field of electronics, and they lead me to my first job.
This is a wonderful
job, so I work as a scientist during the day, and I spend a lot of my free
time as a journalist at some newspapers and magazines, the places where
I discovered the world of photography.
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I
can provide my photos to everyone who likes them. I'd rather prefer not
to supply just a single photo but the entire set it belongs to, because
I believe the power of my work relies on the full story, on the complete
set. A photo, even if it's a beautiful photo, remains just one note -not
the whole symphony.
For any
information
email: gaetano.belverde@gmail.com
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SKILLS
I attend several
workshops but I found internet is the best way to learn and compare
myself to the world.
After gaining
a base in photography by reading books and magazines I vowed never to stop
learning.
APPROACH
I like to keep
my approach quite simple, I love natural light but I use fill flash quite
often. I don't like to work quickly during my session. I love to be on
good terms with the subject. I spend a lot of time speaking with people
before I take pictures.
I aim to be
very close to the subject and I often use a wide lens. I generally work
alone, and with reduced equipment with me, in order to go unnoticed and
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Equipment
People very
often ask me what kind of equipment I use in order to get very detailed
subject.
I mainly
use a Nikon D700 body camera with three nikon lens (20mm, 35-70, 85mm),
an SB25 strobe flash (fill-in), and a reflector (portrait on available
light). For studio sessions I hire Bowens strobe.
I used both
film and digital equipment for several years but nowadays I prefer digital
because of the wonderful quality and the ability to see instantly what's
going on.
Post production
has a lot of importance in my workflow.
Photoshop,
CaptureOne pro (faster) and Lightroom are he best software on the market
(IMHO).
I only use
an HP pavilion notebook for retouching my shot (not because it is the best
but because I have got it).
I agree with
the philosophy that there are no rules (equipment or technique) on how
to realize a nice photo, it's only the final result that counts and not
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About
my Photos
Someone says
that my portraits are retouched and interpreted with to much post production.
May be, if
you consider these portraits like passport photos.
These pictures
are just a point of view about the subject, just an interpretation.
It can be right
or wrong but in any case they cannot be considered exactly the reality.
So, the question
is: “can we consider this kind of photos like a traditional document?”
Even if retouched and hard interpreted, do them contain part of the original
message?
Well, Professor
PhD Ludvík Baran has a personal opinion about my photos (street),
and about this kind of photos, here it is >>>
download it
in PDF format: download |
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Credits
Many Thanks
to:
Lucia Cantone
for her support about translations. |
