The iPhoneography Showcase of Ale di Gangi

Born in Firenze in 1966 from a family where art has always been underrated though tangible thanks to many artist relatives, I found out about my passion in photography in my mid-30s, even though - or better, just because - my father used to be a fine photographer.

My first exhibition was a group performance of poetry/photography/ambient music held in 1986 and videotaped by the Pecci Contemporary Museum of Art in Prato. Because it seems like I am not able to conduct a life without producing "outputs" of some kind, photography came in after my interest for music (I played in a band, released records on various national and international labels), poetry (released one book, and published on anthologies and magazines) and along with video (one of my short films has been featured at the Cannes Short Corner Film festival this year). One day I stumbled on Lomo cameras and that got my attention; since then I have been avidly taking photos on all kinds of cameras, from Polaroids through Holgas to digital DSLR. When last December I bought my iPhone I did not pay any attention to the camera that came with it, until I started stumbling on photos on Flickr taken with iPhones (notably Sion Fullana's), and I started realizing that if lo-fi film cameras are so interesting, then the iPhone could be just their evolution. I then started experimenting and to my pleasure I found a new camera to use and enjoy to an unexpected extent. My main Flickr stream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ale2000/) is by now full of every kind of photos, so I felt the need to devote another account to iPhotography only and study this path better: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aledigangi/

If you would like to showcase your iPhone photos here on the iPhoneography blog, then send me an email and I'll reply with details on how to submit.

Comments

[greg]

Great stuff. I loved the photos on your Flikr page.