František Drtikol: Symbolist and spiritual fineart nude photographer.
František Drtikol (1883 to 1961) moved from Pictorialism to the geometry of Art Deco, then to the abstraction of Photopurism, before leaving photography for Buddhism. A look at his life, his techniques and his nudes of light and shadow, with a personal note on how a visual language travels across a century.
Nobuyoshi Araki between Eros and Tanathos
A biography of Nobuyoshi Araki, the Japanese photographer who turned his own life into an endless diary. From Sentimental Journey and the loss of his wife Yoko to kinbaku, flowers and Polaroids, the essay explores his I Photography, the controversy around him and a personal reading of Eros and Thanatos
Ren Hang: a burning meteor in art nude photography
A portrait of Ren Hang, the Chinese photographer and poet who photographed friends with a compact camera and became an international name before dying at 29. His life, his method and my personal impressions of a fragile, playful and controversial author of art nude photography.
Ana Mendieta: Displaced multidisciplinary body artist.
Ana Mendieta left Cuba at twelve and built her work around the bond between the female body and the earth. This essay follows her exile, her Silueta series made of mud, sand, fire and blood, and the photographs that preserve those vanished works, then asks what a nude body can express beyond sexual attraction.
Francesca Woodman, The photographer beyond the tragedy
Un saggio profondo su Francesca Woodman che supera il cliché della tragedia per celebrare la sua straordinaria rivoluzione visiva. Dagli anni a Roma ai libri d'artista, fino all'uso pionieristico del corpo e del movimento. Un viaggio arricchito da video-saggi e da una riflessione intima sul legame tra il linguaggio del mosso (ICM) e l'universo surreale della fotografa.
Antoine D'Agata: Between Contrast and Social Activism
A meditation on French photographer Antoine D'Agata's transgressive practice and ethical approach to documenting human fragility. Exploring where my work aligns with his and where the generational and personal differences reveal entirely different artistic paths rooted in desire, loss, and the possibility of love.
The perception of Natural Beauty in the Age of generative AI
Can we still speak of natural beauty in the age of generative AI? This essay argues yes, not as Romantic fantasy, but as embodied reality. Beauty is operative, dangerous, and real. It lights fires. Using the Sidney Sweeney controversy and lived experience with models, it explores why women pursue beauty despite economic cost, and why human art survives AI's algorithmic standardization through obsessive particularity.
Notes from a practice – we are just unforgiven
A stern reflection on the reality facing emerging artists: the seven seconds to win over buyers, the preconceptions that weigh like lead, and the fear of making the wrong choice. Yet, it also highlights the path to success: working on oneself, building a coherent vision, telling stories, and mastering art marketing. A manifesto for those who refuse to give up.
FC Talk - season 2, episode 5 is on line
June was full of wins : new publications, three images exhibited at the London Photo Show, but July brought a wasp emergency, a hospital dash, and a costly but necessary leap into art marketing coursework. This episode of FC Talk looks at reputation, resilience, and the quiet determination it takes to keep making art in Italy. Plus: what's next before the August pause.
Notes from a Practice - How to make it into art photography in 2026
The final chapter in a three-part essay on breaking into the art world in 2026. AI companies threaten photographers' ownership of their own craft, while the traditional gallery and auction routes grow overcrowded. A look at why the old paths are failing new artists, and what it actually takes to build a sustainable, sales-driven practice outside the usual channels.
Notes from a Practice – All the Meaning You Need to Succeed in Photography
Part two of my career-focused essay series. Technique alone won't build a photography career, what matters is finding the personal clarity behind why you create. A look at portfolio-building, the AI disruption ahead, and the specific bind of being a nude photographer in a landscape built for everything else. Part three, on progressing toward sales, comes next.
Notes from a Practice – How Vast Is the Photography World Outside the Sterile Boundaries of Technically Exact Photography
Photography doesn't end where technical perfection begins — it starts there. This essay traces a path through plastic lenses, large format cameras, darkroom alchemy, and hand-printed textures, arguing that the real question was never about gear or settings, but why an image was made the way it was, and what it means.
Meta cancels the Muse image controversial feature, are we safe now?
Meta just withdrew its controversial Muse Image feature that let anyone generate AI images from public Instagram accounts. I break down what happened, test whether the opt-out settings actually work, and explain why photographers and models should stay alert — this isn't over yet.
Notes from a practice: The importance of focus in a photographer’s career
Camera brands sell speed, autofocus, and codecs — but a photographer's career isn't built on gear. It's built on mental focus: knowing your genre, its history, and how its market actually works today. From fashion to fine art nude, the real skill is navigating a market with far more than twenty routes to sell your work, not just the old handful everyone tries first.
Notes from a practice: the Importance of a Photograph's Destination
What separates photographers who grow from those who stay stuck? I reflect on a simple but transformative idea: thinking about where your photographs are meant to end up before you even shoot. From scattered beginnings to specialization, portfolios, and the deeper completion that comes from mastering one genre — this is a personal essay on purpose, growth, and printing your work.
London Photo Show 2026 has started
My work is on a gallery wall in London for the first time. A triptych of my artistic nude images is part of the London Photo Show 2026 at Hoxton Arches, Cremer Street, running until Sunday 28th June, 11am–6pm, free entry. A personal milestone. If you happen to be nearby, go and see them — and let me know what you think.
Notes from a practice – Why the female nude body?
Fine art nude photography is too often misunderstood: by the market, by the internet, and by many who practice it. In this essay I explore why a sapiosexual photographer chooses the female body as his primary subject, what the nude can express that other portraiture cannot, and what personal and cultural forces shape the work I make.
A moment of improved clarity in my fine art photography practice
A light painting session and its first edits brought an unexpected moment of clarity: what these images are, what they refuse to be, and why the darkness in them is a vocabulary rather than a flaw. On shadow, gesture, print, and the ancient goddess who gave the work its name.
Artistonish magazine #70, May 2026 is out!
Announcing the availability of the 70th Artistonish magazine issue feauturing one of my light painting images. A leap for my artistic photography career and an happy moment to celebrate together.
Who and why I am as an artistic nude photographer
A photographer's manifesto in progress: why the nude, what I know about narrative and craft, and where the horizon is still unclear. Personal drives, clear positions, and open questions from an artistic nude photographer navigating identity, process, and an art world reshaped by artificial intelligence.