A Little Change, A Little Cut — It Hurts, but It’s Evolution, Baby!
In the ever-changing, ever-evolving life of my website, I’ve made a small but decisive move: cutting out the older legacy blog.
Old me in a bts portrait by @madame.soph
The old story
When I first launched this site years ago, I was at the beginning of my photography journey, shooting model portraits with the goal of building a fashion portfolio. I succeeded in assembling a “version 1.0” that received positive feedback during a professional review, with advice for developing a “2.0” version to present to Milan’s model agencies.
But you know what happened next: brands like Lewis and H&M began replacing photographers and creative teams with AI tools for their campaigns, and I could already smell the rot in that job market. Add to that some bad memories from earlier creative ventures, and I knew it was time to change direction.
That’s when my vision for entering the world of artistic photography began to take shape. The learning curve has been — and still is — steep, with many experiments involving models of varying comfort levels in showing their bodies online, each one absolutely legit. I’ve received feedback from the broader internet audience that, frankly, I dislike — sometimes even despise.
Alongside these artistic shifts, there were technical ones: Squarespace moved from version 5.0 to 7.0, making it complicated to maintain my old blog. Months ago, I placed all the old 5.0 content into a “legacy” section accessible only through a link in the first post of my new blog.
Then came the opening of my Partita IVA, the launch of my Atelier page, and the removal of my old “Portfolio” page when I realized it didn’t fit my business model. Today, I’ve taken the next step: I have erased the legacy blog.
Carlotta petit shootout all’Atelier Forte settembre 2023; ph: Francesco Coppola
Rules+motivations
It hurts — those posts were years of passionate, creative work. Records of stepping outside my comfort zone, improvising with available light, trying unconventional techniques. But consistency, coherence, and focus on my business model are the main rules I have to follow. I can’t complain about failures if I’m not willing to make bold changes that serve the greater goal: evolving into a selling artistic photographer.
To be clear: I’m not hiding those old, more daring nude experiments out of greed. I’m learning the business side of art. All my recent and future artistic nudes will still be shown — uncensored, uncropped, with my logo clearly displayed — on my Patreon.
Analog landscape from PNALM 1992; ph: Francesco Coppola
Out of here and ever on
If you care about creative intent, the artistic journey, the defiance of dull societal norms, and the narratives behind my images, you will be warmly welcomed on Patreon.
If I lose some visitors who expected something purely erotic rather than artistic… no worries — I won’t budge an inch.
This is just one step in my wider summer re-organization: backing up my edited works, studying art business, planning investments from the hard-won resources recovered after a long legal fight, and preparing for my next leap — starting a Business Art Coaching program in September to relaunch my artistic career with renewed awareness and strength.
The road goes ever on,