In the words of the photographer:
“I came
to Slam via my town’s small but fierce team, with which I had taken my first
steps into the world of sailing. In just a short space of time, I found myself
aboard carbon vessels, rubber dinghies and helicopters, following world-famous
sailors and teams in some of the most prestigious regattas. It has been a truly
unique experience for someone born from the plains, like me, moreover an
architect by trade and not at all sporty by nature. Perhaps, however, it was
precisely the fact of having an architecture-trained gaze that helped me stand
out: during a regatta in Porto Cervo, even Carlo Borlenghi noticed my
photographs for their unique, unusual geometric construction and asked me to
help him with Mascalzone Latino. Perhaps I spoke a somewhat different language
in this mad world of sailors. But if on the one hand, I was a little out of
place in the world of the sea, having faced up to the most diverse selection of
photographic genres over the years, on the other I always felt at home in Slam,
where I found first and foremost a climate of great trust and, over time, true
friendship. It takes trust to take an architect to the Caribbean, expecting him
to come back from the sea with good photographs taken in 30 knots of wine and
it takes trust to appoint him for so many years of photographic services of the
collections. But there was an underlying partnership that made things work so
well: the idea that Slam should be told for what it was: a company made up of
people with salt in their hair, calloused hands and tanned skin but who love
the sea more than anything else and have a permanent smile on their face. And
this is exactly how I see things and how I seek to use this magnificent
language of image: as an opportunity to get to know the world and the people
who live there, with transport and enthusiasm towards all possible diversities.
With Slam, we have travelled and smiled together and I hope to be able to
continue this wonderful journey for many years yet to come.”
