Massimo Piconcelli

I was born in Viareggio (Italy),November 15, 1954.
My approach to photography began in 1976 and like anyone, I believe, in the case of photography, I took lots of pictures, any kind of subjects, and because I liked to manage the process involved in the realization of the image, most of them were in black & white. I was also fascinated by the darkroom for developing and besides at the time, the color was much more complex.
It was 2004 when I started doing digital photographs, defensive and skeptic at first but realizing the great potentials of the new technology. In fact, once I overcame my doubts, it was like being able to express whatever before the digital was in my mind but unable to bring it to reality. A new horizon opened for me. Certainly we lost some of the poetry since now the computer took the place of the darkroom, but we gained enormously in image management.
During recent years I've visited many parts of the world, I've always liked to travel and took thousands of pictures. I believe the journey starts in our minds with the curiosity and desire to get to know other cultures, and the reality we find in places we visit is often very different from what we expected, which in my opinion is a motivation to increase ou...

High School

April 2011 - "At The Edge of the World" Lido di Camaiore (Italy)
June 2011 - "Riomagno Photo Festival"
June 2012 - "Riomagno Photo Festival" Seravezza (Italy)
March 2013 - "Fragments of travel" Forte dei Marmi (Italy)
April 2013 - "Viareggio" Viareggio (Italy)