REPORTAGE

An event — whether it’s a conference, a public gathering, an exhibition or a wedding — is a living thing that unfolds over time, often unpredictably, and calls for a different approach than a production planned down to the smallest detail. Reportage means being present, alert, ready to catch the right moment without being able to ask for it again. It’s not just about documenting what happens on stage or at the centre of the scene, but also sensing what moves at the edges: a glance, a small detail, an atmosphere that tells the story of the event as much as its main moment does.

Working on a reportage means moving discreetly among people, staying close enough to catch genuine emotion and far enough not to alter it with one’s own presence. Then, in the editing phase, all that material gathered over one or more days has to be reassembled into a story with its own rhythm, a beginning and a close, even when the event itself had neither — because finding the story within the real flow of things is exactly the editor’s task.

I’m based in Val d’Orcia, Tuscany, and I regularly move between the provinces of Siena and Arezzo, though much of my reportage work takes me to Rome, and occasionally Milan — I’m always available to travel to any location, in Italy or abroad.