indipendent photojournalist Information

The crowning glory of his work is the archive consisting of more than 850,000 slides in various sizes divided by topic. It includes tens of thousands of slides of Venice, with the largest collection of photos of La Fenice Theatre before the fire, and the most important coverage of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice. His Venetian archive also contains photos of the monumental, artistic and historic parts of the city and its daily life, in a series of works documenting the environmental degradation and problems surrounding conservation of the urban heritage. All the cultural events, as well as the main international exhibitions in Venice are illustrated since 1979. The portrait archive consists of a particularly rich collection, with portraits of approximately 20,000 personalities from the international world of art, culture, music and entertainment. Apart from which there are thousands of photos and reportages of cities and countries all over the world. The Archive was recently enhanced by the acquisition of photographs from between 1945 and 1978, making it the most important and comprehensive collection of images of cultural life in Venice, and one of the largest in Italy. He collaborated with the Grazie Neri Agency in Milan from 1980 until it closed down, and with the Sygma Agency in Paris from 1989 until its closure. He currently manages the Blackarchives Agency.