[ About me ]

Thomas Cristofoletti is an art director currently settled in Madrid, has been "stealing instants" all trough the travels he’s made ever since he left his hometown in northern Italy. That expression -stealing images- is applied to his work with full intention. For someone who wants to capture strangers’ expressions and attitudes without altering them in any way, not asking for permission is not only justified, but indispensable. In response to the possible objection that this “predating action” may arise, he replies with the arguments of the master Cartier Bresson, the goal of catching “the decisive moment”. The election of color as a language, of apparent randomness as a method, of post-production as a way of underlining the essentials, make his references obvious: Martin Parr, David LaChapelle…

I always loved photography and travelling and i'm trying to change my life in that direction. At the moment I'm using an Olympus e-30 and an Olympus e-510 with a zuiko 12-60 - 14-42 and 40-150 and a sigma 30mm 1.4.

[ Publications - Awards - Expositions ]

• january 2010 - PHOTO.fr - "Publication of "Lara en patines" for the 2009 Worldwide Amateur Photo Contest.
• january 2010 - VULTURE.es - "Artista del Mes" of Vulture Cultural Online Magazine.
• november 2009 - BLURB.com - publication of my first photo book (you can buy here!!)
• september 2009 - PAZ y DESARROLLO, Bolivia - Last september I had the opportunity to travel to Bolivia to make a reportage for a Spanish NGO called "Paz y Desarrollo". They work principally in the southern region of Potosí, a mostly a barren, mountainous region (more than 4000m of altitude!!!) with one large plateau to the west, where the largest salt flat in the world, Salar de Uyuni, is located. Potosí was the richest province in the Spanish empire, providing a great percentage of the silver that was shipped to Europe and now is the poorest of the country. The NGO is trying to help people to develop agriculture economy (with more efficient irrigation system) in some of the most remote comunities around Potosí. It was a fantastic professional and personal experience and with the photos will be make an exhibition in Madrid this spring.
• july 2009 - C.VIENNALE - Collective exposition of more than 70 young artists in which I Presented a collection of 7 photos called "Visiones"
• june 2009 - PERIODICO ABC - "Galeria de la semana de Nomadas" - publication of "Stars of L.A." in the second page of the newspaper. And publications of the reportage "People of L.A." on the ABC Nomadas website.
• june 2009 - FOTOBLUR.com - publication of "In gamba" in the second issue of the book. You can buy Fotoblur Magazine 2 here
• june 2009 - FOTOCULT - publication of a reportage about Istanbul
• march 2009 - PIKEO and LONELY PLANET - exhibition @ Host Gallery (London) of "Spicy Baguette"
• february 2009 - PIKEO and LONELY PLANET - Finalist of the competition URBAN ENCOUNTER for the cover of the city guide of Paris for Lonely Planet
• january 2009 - FOTOCULT - Publication of a little reportage about San Francisco
• april 2008 - PIKEO and PHOTO - Finalist of the competition TRAVEL PORTRAITS
• march 2008 - SLIDELUCK PHOTOSHOW - projection of a reportage about Morocco in Madrid for the Slideluck Photoshow 2008

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