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Alberto Bregani

May the mountains speak to me so that I may frame each story with my camera. 


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"I am a mountain photographer; I walk amidst mountains and around them, breathing their very essence. I set no destinations or goals; I just follow the light and the flow of the clouds; the wind is my walking companion, may the mountains speak to me so that I may frame each story with my camera, and pass on to others such beauty."


This is how Alberto Bregani describes being a mountain photographer.  Bregani grew up right in the middle of the Dolomites, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, raised in a family that lived and breathed the mountains; his father was a mountain climber, writer and film-maker who was awarded a prize at the Trento Film Festival in 1967. Although Bregani discovered photography only fairly recently, he immediately saw its potential as an expressive device. Fascinated by the power of black-and-white, which he believes can be fully expressed exclusively through film (he uses a Hasselblad and a Rolleiflex) he has immersed himself in the works of master photographers, including Adams, Sella, Weston Washburn... in the pursuit of a highly personal style. He has exhibited in a number of Italian cities, been a speaker at conferences, and written articles on the photography of Mountains. He is also a member of the Italian Mountain Writers Group, Academy of Arts (GISM). He would like one day to exhibit in the United States so that he can celebrate the majesty of Italy's Dolomites in the land of the  masters of b/w photography.

Website & Blog : Alberto Bregani


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Simon Morris-Johnson

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From an early age, photographic images have always fascinated me. I first started taking pictures with my father's brass Canon EF. My methods and materials have evolved over that time, but more importantly, my love and excitement for photography has grown.

This body of work was a very unique experience for me it was controlled and created. My Studio work seems so removed from the street photograph's I capture now. I was well aware of my surroundings and in full control of the final image I wanted to produce. Although I had roughly sketched out the individual images (several weeks beforehand) the process of shooting in the studio was very free. I let things evolve with my subjects and forgot completely what I was trying to capture. The whole collection was shot within 5 days with the printing and post process in the darkroom taking a couple of weeks.

When I look at this body of work I realize how dark they are, how much the sickness of my Twin brother had affected me.They reveal so much now that I was so unaware of during the time I created them. It was a unique and very personal time and the images reflect that, but I never wish to go through the process again.

I know that perhaps unconsciously I was dealing with a lot more than just pictures and pain. I know I was letting go, shedding the doubts I had with so many aspects of my life and those close to me.

Street work unlike my studio work is grounded in the reality of now, although when I look back at these studio images I realize how grounded in my actual life these images had been. I hope to reveal in all my pictures what I have seen and experienced. My studio images are part of that, they are just layered in a time and place I wish to move on from.



By: Simon Morris-Johnson (Australia)





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