In his photographs, Andrea portrays life as he sees it from his wheelchair — just one metre above the ground.
Curious by nature, he captures the soul of everything around him: human faces, natural landscapes, city streets, and architecture.
Guided by whatever unfolds before him, he seeks to preserve the spontaneous immediacy of what meets his eye.
In black and white, so that from these “stolen” moments only the essential remains.
From his wheelchair, with his inseparable Leica M, Andrea captures the details of reality that elude the distracted gaze of passers-by.
Instinct guides his choice of subjects, revealing striking synergies between places, moments, and people.
Each photograph opens the way to dialogue, allowing every image to be paired with its own story.
For Andrea, photography is more than a passion, more than an art form, and more than a way of capturing ever-changing landscapes and faces. It is his way of being in the world.
Andrea does not design. He does not plan. He does not prepare. He photographs whatever catches his attention.
Then he begins to notice the common thread that links the images together in a dedicated series.
What began with lakes, mountains, gateways, walls, tattooed faces, reflections on water, and urban architecture continues with hairdressers, with people absorbed in sleep, and with the hidden perspectives of city streets.
For him, every subject is an opportunity to learn — about the world, about other people, and about himself.
A digital image exists only on a screen. In print, it becomes a photograph, gaining body, presence and memory in real space.
Photography is a relationship — a meeting place between the person behind the camera and the one in front of it, between the one who looks and the one who allows themselves to be seen.
If you have an idea, a question or a thought you would like to share with Andrea, get in touch.
