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  • The time I was a sports photographer

    The time I was a sports photographer

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    Matteo Franchi

    Once upon a time, I used to dedicate my weekends to sports photography. Here’s a little (love) story I clearly remember how it started. I was sitting on the sofa at home, on a lazy, sunny summer Sunday. My phone pinged and I opened a new message notification.It was from a lady I had never…

  • Unpublished #6

    Unpublished #6

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    Matteo Franchi

    Happy Tuesday, my friends! Once again, thank you so much for spending a few minutes reading my newsletter. I appreciate each of you. Now, when I plan a set, I often look for something new and weird, for something that could catch the viewers’ attention within the neverending vortex of images we are all immersed…

  • Why I chose Vero as the home for my pictures

    Why I chose Vero as the home for my pictures

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    Matteo Franchi

    There’s plenty of social platforms nowadays, here is why I decided for Vero over all the others I clearly remember when, in 2008, I opened my first social network account. No need to say it was Facebook.At the time, I was working on a project far from home and was in the middle of a huge…

  • Inside the Photo #6

    Inside the Photo #6

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    Matteo Franchi

    Talking with Nicole Hoeft Welcome back, my dear reader! In this month’s Inside the Photo, I want to introduce you to the beautiful images created by Nicole Hoeft. Hi, I’m Nicole. I’m a hobby photographer and blasthole driller for a large mining operation. Like many people in recent years, my fondness for photography began with social media…

  • Story of an interview – Joseph /Part 2

    Story of an interview – Joseph /Part 2

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    Matteo Franchi

    When an interview becomes a narration Welcome back, everyone!I hope you enjoyed the first part of this interview with Joe.If you missed it, you can read it here. There’s still a lot to learn from him, so grab yourself a coffee, a tea, or whatever makes you comfortable and enjoy! I was waiting for Joe…

  • Story of an interview – Joseph /Part 1

    Story of an interview – Joseph /Part 1

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    Matteo Franchi

    When an interview becomes a narration Happy Tuesday, my friends. Thanks for being here, your support is amazing and means a lot to me. This week I want to share with you an idea, something new and, maybe, a little weird. I prepared an interview with my friend Joe about his poetry and his life.…

  • Unpublished #5

    Unpublished #5

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    Matteo Franchi

    Here we go with some more Unpublished images. I remember it took me a lot of time to plan this set. I wanted to get to shoot into these old caves and every time I started to plan, the weather didn’t allow us to go. When we finally reached the location, I was impressed by the dimensions…

  • Midjourney, ChatGPT, Skynet & Co.

    Midjourney, ChatGPT, Skynet & Co.

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    Matteo Franchi

    The revenge of the machines The cinema history of the past decades is full of masterpieces describing a far future where machines took control over humans. My favourite one is Terminator. In most cases, the scenario saw mankind on the edge of the disaster, facing a substantial risk of being annihilated and cancelled from Earth by…

  • Inside the Photo #5

    Inside the Photo #5

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    Matteo Franchi

    Talking with Wesley Jacobs Happy Tuesday, my friends, and welcome to another appointment with Inside the Photo. This month, I’m putting a spotlight on the amazing landscape pictures of my friend Wesley Jacobs. I think back across my life and realised that, in one form or other, I’ve always enjoyed having a camera in my hands. It…

  • Bye bye, summer! See you next year!

    Bye bye, summer! See you next year!

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    Matteo Franchi

    Clouds, a Castle and a couple of days at the beach It’s been one month, more or less, since my family and I have come back from our last small vacation at the seaside. To be honest, the weather was not that friendly: out of 5 days of stay, we had two days with rain, one…

  • Unpublished #4

    Unpublished #4

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    Matteo Franchi

    Great to see you again, delighted by your decision of following and supporting me with this newsletter. Thanks! This was a crazy set. I wanted to have a powerful make-up, something that could remind of warriors and at the same time give a hint of a sort of futuristic world. I used the white neon…

  • The secret behind some of my most particular sets

    The secret behind some of my most particular sets

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    Matteo Franchi

    A good artist is the one who can steal, not the one who can copy. There is a big difference between stealing an idea and copying an idea.And it’s all into the ability of the author to drive the creativity to achieve the result. Be very careful here: I’m not talking about stealing or copying an image, which goes…