Giampaolo Mascalzoni, a photographer from Verona, explores Catalunya with the Olympus E-1, the brand’s first digital SLR released in 2003. Fascinated by its Kodak CCD sensor and classic ergonomics, he embraces the camera’s limitations to rediscover the essence of slow photography, proving that creativity thrives when technique and vision outweigh automation.
A good photographer today must, perhaps more than ever, stay up to date with the technological evolution of shooting equipment, to identify which technical solution is best suited to take photos of a project the author has in mind. The quality offered by the market has now reached extremely high levels, with solutions for all […]
Here in Verona, there is one of the most iconic monuments in the world, the Arena, a Roman amphitheatre built almost two thousand years ago, even before the Colosseum in Rome. In antiquity, it was a place where gladiators challenged themselves in its interior. Today, every summer, the Arena hosts important music festivals, featuring performances […]
Thank you, Giampaolo, for this opportunity to get to know the person behind this magnificent work a little better! Could you start by introducing yourself to our readers?My name is Giampaolo Mascalzoni, I am 53 years old and have been a professional photographer since 1988. I live in Verona in the north of Italy, a […]
My name is Giampaolo Mascalzoni, I’m 53 years old, and I live and work in Verona, a wonderful city in northern Italy, halfway between Milan and Venice. I started working very young in an advertising photographic studio as an assistant, and so I was lucky enough to be able to use many types of cameras […]