Massimiliano Boschini

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Mantova, Italy

	I am a photographer who combines tradition with innovation: for my works I prefer the cross processing technique, which I achieve by using a traditional camera. The cross processing is achieved by processing a slide film as if it was a regular film for colour photos, but it works even by reversing the process. Photography is an absolute passion for me. What fascinates me is the urban decay; I draw inspiration from old and abandoned homes, from block of flats, barrack-like buildings, popular areas and rooms which are in disuse. I like to create nice photos with a bit of decadentism and surrealism, sometimes even with a touch of black humour. I mostly work in my neighbourhood, or in the immediate vicinities, searching for odd perspectives, different angles and colours. I usually overexpose my photos and at the end they are the results of all the elements I have mentioned. But I also try to evolve and improve my technique, with a special care for colour. Indeed my use of colour aims at giving a particular stress to the psychological state of things. In 2004 I began my expositive activity. Some of the most important expositions of this period include my admission to the biennals in Arad (Romania), Hong Kong, Sofia and Cuenca (Ecuador), as well as the participation to the Photography Festival in Rome, to the Fonlad 06 to the Asiatic Photography Festival in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and to the artistic event RintracciArti (Mantua). This last organization has used some of my photos for its national advertising campaign. In 2007 two expositions dedicated to my works have taken place: one at the Bertolt Brecht gallery in Milan and the other in Haarlem (Holland), in the space of the art gallery ArtUnit. Other art galleries and associations have showed interest for my conception of photography, too, such as the Denver Sellars Project Space and the London Photographic Association, by which I was awarded in 2006 with the “Silver Winner” prize.

I am a photographer who combines tradition with innovation: for my works I prefer the cross processing technique, which I achieve by using a traditional camera. The cross processing is achieved by processing a slide film as if it was a regular film for colour photos, but it works even by reversing the process. Photography is an absolute passion for me. What fascinates me is the urban decay; I draw inspiration from old and abandoned homes, from block of flats, barrack-like buildings, popular areas and rooms which are in disuse. I like to create nice photos with a bit of decadentism and surrealism, sometimes even with a touch of black humour. I mostly work in my neighbourhood, or in the immediate vicinities, searching for odd perspectives, different angles and colours. I usually overexpose my photos and at the end they are the results of all the elements I have mentioned. But I also try to evolve and improve my technique, with a special care for colour. Indeed my use of colour aims at giving a particular stress to the psychological state of things.

In 2004 I began my expositive activity. Some of the most important expositions of this period include my admission to the biennals in Arad (Romania), Hong Kong, Sofia and Cuenca (Ecuador), as well as the participation to the Photography Festival in Rome, to the Fonlad 06 to the Asiatic Photography Festival in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and to the artistic event RintracciArti (Mantua). This last organization has used some of my photos for its national advertising campaign. In 2007 two expositions dedicated to my works have taken place: one at the Bertolt Brecht gallery in Milan and the other in Haarlem (Holland), in the space of the art gallery ArtUnit. Other art galleries and associations have showed interest for my conception of photography, too, such as the Denver Sellars Project Space and the London Photographic Association, by which I was awarded in 2006 with the “Silver Winner” prize.