ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Observation of nature has always inspired human beings, who through poetry and the creation of symbols, have brought simple observation to reflections that have acted on every level of existence, human and spiritual. Haiku are a prime example of this, as they encapsulate the entire complexity of the world and emotions in a few simple lines. My work, which starts with a simple snapshot, is then processed in the darkroom, where my experience tries to abstract itself from reality and the moment of the snapshot, in a transfiguration in which I try to transform reality, making the image a graphic sign as in a form of writing, in which the very symbols of language recall the thought that is transformed into words.

"Haiku must be able to create, in the mind of the reader, a small image..."
Jack Kerouac

AUTHOR
Stefano Paradiso is a photographer and director of photography born in Rome in 1969. Graduated from the R. Rossellini School of Cinematography and Photography in 1988, he works as a director of photography and camera operator in cinema and advertising, boasting numerous collaborations with well-known Italian directors, French and American; for television he has made documentaries and reportages in various countries of the world. A lover and scholar of photography in its broadest sense, he is inspired by great photographers such as Josef Koudelka, Luigi Ghirri, Japanese Nihonga pictorial art, Chinese Guóhuà, impressionism and obviously "le cinéma d’auteur". After living for many years in France, he returns to Italy in 2017 where he combines his work in the world of cinema with his personal photographic research which focuses on the use of black and white. He developed his darkroom technique working on the creation of large negatives and contact prints on various papers including Japanese Washi. He is an official member of Artdoc Photography Magazine and owns a Leica Monocrhome M Typ 242, a Leica M Typ 240 and a Leica M6 with vintage Summicron lenses that he never leaves behind.

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