{"id":16763,"date":"2017-03-30T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hahnemuehle.com\/en\/?p=16763"},"modified":"2017-08-31T09:00:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T07:00:48","slug":"architecture-photography-matteo-cirenei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hahnemuehle.com\/en\/architecture-photography-matteo-cirenei\/","title":{"rendered":"Architecture Photography – Interview with Matteo Cirenei"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Milan based photographer\u00a0Matteo Cirenei<\/a> was born in 1965. He graduated in Architecture at Milan\u2019s Polytechnic and collaborates with architecture, design and fashion publications including Interni, Style, Domus<\/i>, and with major fashion and furniture companies. In the early \u201890s, he began his photographic research in black and white on Architecture, while shooting extremely particular cuts of outstanding buildings in Milan and other European capitals boasting famous architectural works of art.<\/p>\n

Interview by Alessia Locatelli<\/em><\/p>\n

When did you discover your passion for photography?
\n<\/strong>During my high school years while reading magazines and manuals. I began to develop and print in black and white, in addition to my passion for colour slide photography.<\/p>\n

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How did you get into the photography world?
\n<\/strong>I used to use my knowledge of photography to support my university studies (architecture) and first made money by photographing two kinds of models: the human kind for advertising, and the building kind for architecture. After starting to work in the communications field and the furniture sector, I began photographing still-life objects and going to designers\u2019 showrooms.<\/p>\n

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Why did you move into architectural photography?<\/strong>
\nIt was a natural step, given my architectural studies, my passion for photography, and experience in the furniture and design sectors.<\/p>\n

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Which of your projects opened the door to the art and professional market?<\/strong>
\nDefinitely the \u2018Sundials\u2019 project, which is a more than twenty-year research project into the aesthetics of architecture designed by the great masters.<\/p>\n

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Who has been your greatest inspiration?<\/strong>
\nGabriele Basilico, the Italian architectural photographer par excellence, thanks to the visual language of his first project: \u2018Ritratti di fabbriche\u2019 (Factory Portraits). Also Ansel Adams, for the magnificent atmosphere he brought to landscape photography.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”16764″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]How important is it to have your own works printed?<\/strong>
\nA photograph is born to be printed, so for me it\u2019s fundamental. And the process of creating the desired print is long and laborious, with both analogue and digital printing. Personally, I now find great satisfaction in digital printing that allows me to intervene in the light room first and then during the printing phase. The settings and ranges provided by Fine Art papers make this possible \u2013 whether I print the pieces myself or they are printed by my trusted printer \u2013 Bruno Melada<\/a> in Milan, who I\u2019ve been working with for over 10 years to create carbon pigment and large-format prints.<\/p>\n

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What is your favourite Hahnem\u00fchle paper and why?<\/strong>
\nI love the Museum Etching<\/a> paper due to its coating. The tone is a bit warmer and it performs outstandingly when using both blacks and whites. I use Photo Rag Bright White<\/a> for more \u2018graphic\u2019 images where the black and white have to stand out as much as possible while maintaining a very pleasant physical texture in the underlying paper. I like Photo Rag Satin<\/a> for the perfect relationship it creates between the white point, the deep black point, and the details in the shadows. It features a warmer tone than that of the Bright White, and a satin finish which is very elegant.<\/p>\n

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Do you have a project on the shelf that you\u2019re interested in working on sooner or later?<\/strong>
\nI am working on a project together with Marco Menghi on the works of the great structural engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, which I hope to be able to display in large format on the Museum Etching<\/a> paper. It would be an exciting show. It\u2019s also wonderful to see the architecture \u2013 unfortunately all too often ignored \u2013 being given a second life in my prints!<\/p>\n

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What projects do you have coming up?<\/strong>
\nMy next exhibition, \u2018Piano alto, vista Duomo due stagioni di torri milanesi\u2019 (Top floor, overlooking the Milan Cathedral, Milan\u2019s towers in two seasons) will be a collaboration with Maurizio Montagna <\/a>at Milan\u2019s Tulpenmanie<\/em> Gallery<\/em><\/a>, open throughout March 2017.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”16767″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”16766″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”16765″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Interview by Alessia Locatelli[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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