Fotograf Luigi Reccia

—Først og fremst, hvem vil du si er den beste fotografen i Napoli, Italia? :)

—I don't think I have the answer to this question. Every photographer has a different point of view, the beauty of this world is that you can learn something from everyone.

—Er du fotogen?

—The only two people who said I'm beautiful are my mother and James Blunt.

—Hvordan ble du en del av fotografbransjen?

—I started shooting pictures in 2009, I've been involved in music production for years and then in 2012 I started shooting weddings. I started as a second shooter for a friend and then little by little I built my own business.

—Hva er de viktigste komponentene i et bra bilde etter din mening?

—The moment between two moments.

—Er du glad i å reise?

—I travel a lot, from the moment I wake up in the morning until I go to bed, every day. It doesn't matter if I use my car, a train, a plane or my mind. It's a lifetime trip.

—Hva liker du best med yrket ditt?

—Being surrounded by happiness and nice people. The connection. Being together. The humanity needs to stay together and talk, touch, see, hear.

—Hva liker du minst med yrket ditt?

—Well I guess there's no perfect job in this world :)

—Hvordan ser fremtiden ut for fotografering?

—Future doesn't exist (yet).

—Hva er det spesielle med den fotografisjanger du har spesialisert deg i?

—There's nothing special about wedding photography. People make it special.

—Hvordan takler du kritikk?

—I take everything I can to improve my skills.
Sometimes I kidnap children and burn cars.
(Should I say I'm being ironic?)

—Finnes det noen trender innen fotografering?

—It's a complicated business, growing year by year, changing forms constantly.

—Hva bør kriteriene være for en kunde som skal velge en fotograf?

—Being emotionally involved in his/her pictures. Nothing else.

—Hvilke ting er absolutt ikke tillatt under fotograferingen?

—Being a jerk, I think.

—Hvilke detaljer, som vanligvis ingen ville lagt merke til, kan en fotograf fange opp?

—An apparently meaningless moment can be captured forever with one click and being remembered for the rest of the life.

—Hva påvirker bildets verdi? Hvilke elementer inneholder det?

—It's all about what people feel when they see that picture.

—Hvilken person kan være symbolet på det 21. århundre etter din mening?

—Not me for sure, I'm still working on it...

—Hvem kunne du tenkt deg å fotografere?

—Myself.

—Har du noen yrkesmessige tabuer?

—I don't touch wedding dresses.

—Hvem kunne du tenkt deg å fotografere sammen med?

—Whoever wants to :)

—Hva bekymrer deg, og hvorfor?

—I'm a restless mind. There's no reason for it and it took me years to understand it. I accepted it and I don't know why I'm like this. I'm worried about a lot of things every day, personal and in general about our future as human beings.

—Hva er det mest imponerende øyeblikket i livet ditt?

—When I lose everything and I started to know myself.

—Hvilken animert figur, literær person eller filmkarakter ville du vært, og hvorfor?

—The little Prince, of course!
Living on an asteroid, in the outer space, watching stars all the time, dreaming, being free...

—Hvem inspirerer deg i ditt liv, og hvorfor?

—I have my grandfather's name. He has been the most influential person in my life. If I could have a time machine, I would like to go back when he was still on this earth and say him "look what I've become".

—Hvordan definerer du suksess? Hvordan måler du graden av suksess?

—Being a successful person is useless if you don't have respect for yourself and other people. So I can say that the successful person is the one who is also respectful and respected.

—Foretrekker du å bli likt eller respektert?

—Read the previous one :)

—Hva er den største tabben du noensinne har gjort på jobben?

—Being naive.

—Når du skal ut å reise; hva tar du med deg, og hvorfor?

—A book, my compact camera and my diary for sure.
Just because I need to have time for myself.

—Er de noe blant dine gadgets du angrer på å ha kjøpt? Hvorfor?

—I'm a left-handed person and I bought this rechargeable pen from moleskine, which is beautiful but it's a gel ink pen so everytime I write I get my diary, my hand and sometimes my clothes dirty.

—Hvordan utdanner du deg for stadig å ta bedre bilder?

—I go to seminars, I participate to conventions and other workshops, I watch movies and tv series, I read, I experience life.

—Hvem sitt arbeid har inspirert deg mest som fotograf?

—My favorite wedding photographer right now is Giuseppe Marano, from Sicily.

—Hva spesifikt skulle du ønske at du visste da du begynte å fotografere?

—"Cameras are expensive."

—Hva ønsker du å formidle gjennom dine bilder?

—I just want to tell a story in my way. I know pictures tell at the same time what we see and what we have inside. With my pictures I hope to know myself better than now.

—Hva motiverer deg til å fortsette med fotografering?

—I'm curious.

—Skulle foreldrene dine ha vært mer eller mindre strenge?

—My parents are not perfect, their love made me the person I am just as their mistakes.
Oh, and they are rock 'n' roll too.

—Hva ville du ha gjort annerledes hvis du kunne reise tilbake i tid?

—I wouldn't change anything.

—Hva tenker du angående liv på andre planeter?

—I don't know what to think about the life on THIS planet.

—Hvem er dine helter?

—My father is my hero.

—Hvem har du absolutt ingen respekt for?

—False people above all.

—Hva gjør du i fritiden din?

—Reading, writing, having good time with my friends.

—Hvilken side av deg viser du aldri offentlig?

—I am constantly divided in two different and opposite ways: if people see me happy, they don't see I could be sad, if they see me talking a lot, they don't know I would be silent instead.

—Når er du helt fornøyd med arbeidet ditt?

—When I know I could stop time at least in one picture.

—Tror du på tradisjonelle manne- og kvinneroller?

—Roles? Where we are going we don't need... roles!

—Har du lett for å få nye venner?

—It depends, sometimes I'm very quick to empathize with people, other times it can take even years.

—Hvor kunne du tenke deg å bo?

—Wherever there's beauty around me.
But if I have to pick one, Amsterdam would be a choise.

—Det beste i livet er:

—Keep dreaming.

—Det mest irriterende i livet er:

—Stop dreaming.

—Er det noe omkring du kunne tenkt deg å forandre på?

—My room is painted in a very ugly green.

—Hva hos deg selv kunne du tenkt deg å endre på?

—Sometimes I use irony to avoid questions.

—Hva i verden kunne du tenkt deg å endre på?

—I would erase every kind of racism.

—Kan du komme med noen gode råd til fotografer i startfasen?

—Get paid!

—Forestill deg at romvesener ankommer jorda, og at du er den første de treffer. Hva ville du sagt til dem?

—"hello!"

—Hvis du ble spurt om å spille inn en film, hvilken sjanger ville den være?

—sci-fi or thriller, or drama.

—I morgen skal jeg...

—...a wedding!