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Luciano Berruti, l'uomo simbolo della manifestazione ciclistica l'Etoica by James Acto Photography. Serie di ritratti dedicati all'uomo immagine dell'eroica

Everyone knows Luciano Berruti, an unconventional cyclist.

Symbol of the cycling event "Eroica", a testimonial of Etoile d 'Argent, a charity that raises money to fight dystonia, founder of the bicycle museum Cosseria (SV).

Candido Cannavò described him as a friendly old man from a loose tongue, with a passion for all that is cycling and especially for everything that is historic cycling.

His bike is a Peugeot 1906, very far from the modern models in carbon fiber or titanium, and its weight is closer to a gate, that a bicycle.

But that did not stop him from climbing all the major climbs of the Tour of Italy or go solo as Paris-Roubaix.

In the days that we spent with him, the phone rang constantly, everyone is looking for opinions on Luciano vintage bicycles, technical tips, and ratings on historical means also very rare. It is always shown with all available and we could encounter in person.

His curiosity and resourcefulness make him a young spirit, active, not only physically but also mentally; during the photo shoot did nothing but show us her vintage photo collections related to two wheels, old newspapers with the successes of the past champions, especially Gino Bartali for which he has great admiration. During the visit to the bicycle museum shows us a bulletin board containing historical relics related to the life of the Tuscan champion:

you see these documents, Bartali was carrying them into a tubular pump specially modified. Thanks to this system Bartali, pretending to train for the Tour of Italy saved the lives of hundreds of Jews by providing them with new identities and preventing the deportation to concentration camps.

Inside his garage, along with many disassembled frames and spare parts, he showed us his pride: the workshop historical reproduction for two wheels with inside many tools now disappeared from the world of cycling as a curious tool for the repair of wooden rims.

Everyone knows Luciano Berruti, at least those who are fond of cycling. Everyone saw his face on posters and publications related Eroica; He is a man of the past and we have wanted to photograph with a technique of yesteryear.

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Ritratti con la tecnica del collodio umido di Amanda Sandrelli ed Elena Ferri le protagoniste dello spettacolo teatrale "Tale madre, tale figlia"

Inizia il nuovo progetto fotografico che ha come protagonisti gli attori che parteciperanno alla stagione 2015/2016 del Teatro Comunale Mario Spina di Castiglion Fiorentino.

Grazie alla collaborazione e disponibilità di Officina della Cultura abbiamo avuto l’opportunità di fotografare, con la tecnica del collodio umido (Wet Plate Collodion), gli attori che si esibiranno nel teatro castiglionese. Abbiamo iniziato il progetto con i ritratti di Amanda Sandrelli ed Elena Ferri le protagoniste dello spettacolo teatrale “Tale madre, tale figlia” che si è tenuto giovedì 5 novembre 2015 presso il Teatro Comunale Mario Spina di Castiglion Fiorentino.

Start the new photographic project, with the actors who will participate in the 2015/2016 season of the Teatro Comunale Mario Spina of Castiglione Fiorentino.

Thanks to the cooperation and availability of the Officina della Cultura we had the opportunity to photograph, with the wet collodion technique (Wet Plate Collodion), actors who will perform in castiglionese theater. We started the project with the portraits of Amanda Sandrelli and Elena Ferri the protagonist of the play "Like mother, like daughter" which was held Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the Municipal Theatre of Castiglione Fiorentino Mario Spina.

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Continues the photographic project in collaboration with Oddicina della Cultura and Teatro Comunale Mario Spina.

This time "on the stage" are Alessandro Benvenuti, Paolo Cioni and Maria Vittoria Argenti, the protagonists of the play "Chi è di scena" written and directed by Alessandro Benvenuti.

"La giostra ecologica" di Fulvio Fino: una giostra per bambini realizzata con materiale di recupero e completamente ecologica perché attivata dalla forza di...Fulvio

In our wanderings in search of new projects we came across an unusual character, Fulvio Up.

Fulvio is one of those people who have chosen to live life at a different speed; After a past as insurer he has decided to leave everything and change their lives. Of course there have been critical for a leap into the void like this ... << seems to me a bullshit ... >> was the comment of the father when he said he wanted to take this step.

This has not prevented him to go ahead and carry out his plan: an ecological carousel, built entirely with recycled materials and powered by the power of his legs, with zero impact.

We have seen it in action, all the children have fun on the carousel, no lights and sounds, which helps preserve the harmony of the square of Campo nell'Elba; the only sounds the voices of children laughing and enjoying themselves.

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Una vecchia pubblicità recitava che “per dipingere una parete grande ci vuole un pennello grande”; questo è il caso del Wet Plate collodion. La tecnica del collodio non permette ingrandimenti del negativo o, come nel nostro caso, della lastra di vetro dato che questa non è trasparente. La dimensione della foto è quindi determinata dalla …

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La botanica del diciassettesimo secolo

In questo articolo vi presentiamo alcune foto di still life di un libro un po’ particolare. Grazie alla gentile concessione di Carlo Morello, esperto di libri antichi, abbiamo avuto l’opportunità di fotografare un erbario tedesco del 1600. Essendo stato redatto nel XVII secolo le didascalie delle piante non presentano il nome scientifico che oggi anno dato che il libro è prelinneano, vale a dire…

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L’inaugurazione della nuova macchina formato 30X40 non poteva avvenire diversamente, con il nostro modello preferito. Un grazie a Roberto che con la sua immobilità statuaria ci ha permesso di ottenere questa bellissima immagine.