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I've recently been interviewed by a famous photography Italian website, and I thought that citing this interview would have been the best way to introduce myself. Manuel, tell us a bit about yourself. When did you start study photography? I started 4 years ago. The reason why I started with photography is pretty bizarre and still when I think about it, it makes me smile. It happened almost by chance, at that time I was trying to help my then-girlfriend to follow her dream to become a professional photographer. Well, now she's doing something totally different while I've taken her place somehow! I wanna say "Thank You" to her, by the way. I can still remember that when I entered the fabulous world of photography, it took me so completely that I dropped out of university while I was about to take a degree in engineering. I've started studying photography with the same passion and tenacity I put in preparing my finals at university. I am completely self-taught and I am a fanatical about all the technical details concerning cameras. I think this fondness for technology has been the key to my success, as it has allowed me to understand the limits of modern cameras and also to overcome them. What really caught you about photography when you started and what catches you now that your cultural and professional background has grown? Good point, thank you. Well, there are very few things that really impress me at the moment. Fortunately or unfortunately, I can't do without reverse-engineering to analyze every picture I see. It's pretty easy for me to understand the secret aspects and tecniques of a pic at a glance. I don't see this love for the details as an impediment to my personal and professional growth: on the contrary, it makes me look for something new or not very well-known. When I started, everything struck me at first, because everything was so new and every day there was a marvelous discovery waiting for me. How much does other arts count in comparison with photography for you? You often shoot dancers and ballerinas. I think there's a strong connection between photography and any other art. As a photographer, I cannot watch a movie without analyizing it thorugh reverse-engineering, for instance and wandering how the set has been made. I cannot look at a painting without examining its composition and light methodically, or even listen to a song or watch a music video without synchronizing chorus and images with photos in my mind.