REALITY PROJECT by ALMA PHOTOS

REALITY PROJECT by ALMA PHOTOS

When did you decide to start shooting girls? What was your “mental process” behind the decision?

Alessandro: Last summer. When I’ve finally realized I got sick of those pictures of nude stunning models we’re surrounded by. Mainly because those pictures are very very far from reality. The “mental process” was: “Let’s do it different. Let’s do it real”. We’re shooting also men by the way.. Only, they seem to be much more shy than women.

Matteo: I couldn’t tell it exactly. I always liked to shoot naked women… I used to do that with my girlfriends of the time. Reality Project gave me the chance to do that with somebody I don’t know, which I think is very stimulating.

What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?

A: Pee, check mail.

M: I make coffee and switch on the phone to check the social networks.

Does your mother appreciate your pictures?

A: Yes, she does.

M: Sometimes

A movie that we should watch.

A: Apart from Billy Wilder’s masterpiece “Some like it hot”, I would recommend “You, the Living” by Roy Andersson, “Bikur Ha-Tizmoret” (La Banda) by Eran Kolirin, Maradona by Kusturica and “La leggenda di Kaspar Hauser” by Davide Manuli. I know, they’re five. Fuck.

M: Moonrise kingdom by Wes Anderson.

Who is your “dream” model? Where would you love to set your shooting?

A: The girl next door, in her house.

M: Hard to say… they would be too many. Maybe Alba Rohrwacher

Are you keeping your work secret to someone?

A: No. When you’re using social networks, it’s difficult to keep something secret to someone.

M: No, never.

Are you usually turned on by the model you are shooting?

A: Usually not. We’re shooting very different people for this project. We always do our best to create a good feeling with our models, but to be turned on, I would say not really, so far.

M: No, never…but if it had happened it would have been normal.

Name three photographers that you consider masters.

A: Normally I would have said someone like Luigi ghiri, Robert Frank, William Klein…

But I feel like naming three that I consider the NEW Italian masters. Alessandro Grassani, Nanni Fontana and Erik Messori.

Ah… also Fernando Brito, the genius. I know, they’re seven. Fuck.

M: August Sander, Diane Arbus, Eliott Erwitt.

Did any model ever get mad at you because she was looking “ugly” in your pictures?

A: Not yet!

M: No, never.

What do you do in your free time?

A: Other than shooting naked bodies? I adore sailing whenever I can, ride my bike, watch movies and sleep. The last two things often simultaneously.

M: Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of it. I love to swim.