You will be able to get the Greatest Hits CD - vol. I at the following stores:

check it here

Greatest Hits party / gig at Soho Revue bar 

13 November 2008

bands on the night: Stricken City / Dear Thief / Comanechi

Dazed Digital (Dazed & Confused)

Read it here

Dear Thief, that’s an intriguing name choice for a band. What inspired the name 

How did you know you were going to cut it as a photographer and when did it all start?
When I was a teenager I wanted to become a movie director. I was working on the set of an italian movie. I  was 19 and  the least important member of the crew, so I got the weirdest jobs…from  driving actors around to find weed for the director. While we were filming in the south of Italy we were dealing with a lot of really lively and noisy kids, running around the set. When the first assistant asked me to take care of the problem  I thought I could keep them busy by shooting them with my (recently bought) second hand camera. I had so much fun…I really loved the candid approach of the medium, especially as opposed as the “rationalisations” of movie-making.. .and I thought I might as well keep on doing it.

When did you come to London and which was your first real job as a photographer?
I came to London in 2003. I got a job commission from an italian magazine (Gulliver). They wanted me to photograph people in the underground trains with the same approach I used in my “Under Milano” project…it basically consists in shooting the flash of my camera towards a person, but without taking the picture, so to draw the attention of the subject, and then taking the picture of his/her surprised/angry/scared reaction. The problem was that in london people are tendentially much more aggressive than Milan, so I ended up with a black eye, and a broken camera...

Who was the first musician you shot and when? and the last?
The first musician I shot was my dear friend Click?, I made him jump until he was literally out of breath, and then I shot him..the last were The Hours, I shot them in Damien Hirst’s studio (he is producing their record), where I could play with his wonderful dead toys... in the end I put them in one of his massive formaldehyde tanks!

Do you prefer shooting musicians (and you shot a lot) or nice women (hummm...you shot Alexa Chung recently)?
I don’t have a preference, if the person has a style I dig it! 

Who was the hardest job you had so far?
Probably Pete Doherty was the toughest, not because the man is a difficult person (as a matter of fact he is the nicest possible guy...) but because I had to tag along for three days to get 5 minutes with him. That was back in 2005, when his romance with Kate Moss had started, there was such a big fuss around him, and it was extremely difficult to grab him, since he was either partying, sleeping or on stage…

What kind of music you listen to? did it change throughout the years?
I listen to any kind of music except reggae…I hate it!

How did you get involved with S***R?
Jorge from S***R contacted me.

Why did you agree to do this project?
I always love shooting new rock musicians, since they don’t have a defined image, and you can play with it with more freedom, without being burdened by cliches.

If you had to choose who to photograph, who would that be?

My dream-subjects are: Abel Ferrara, Silvio Berlusconi , Kim Gordon and Giorgia Gasparetto.

Can you talk us through your immediate future? whats geared for 2009?
in 2009 I’ll be shooting a couple of projects: the Buenos Aires favelas’ architecture and the italian nazi-skinheads (especially in Rome). With my pictures I don’t want to express a moral or a political point of view, my aim is always to try to shoot stylish people in a stylish way.

Mattia doing what he does best, here shooting Nathan from 

Twisted Charm.

Yes Vincent... he is the tallest photograher I know as well.