MARTINA GIAMMARIA
Where are you from? Where do you live?
I was born in Anagni, near Rome. Now I live in Rome.
How old are you?
I don’t remember! I think…34.
How do you pay your bills? Are you working as a professional photographer?
At present I’m working as an archivist and as a photographer, but I don’t pay my bills with photography at all.
What cameras do you use?
I use several analogic cameras, medium format and 35 mm, but I always carry a yashica t4 with me.
Any photographer or artist inspiring you?
My feeds on google reader.
What/who do you enjoy to shoot the most?
Beautiful women, but also objects, actions, places and people that are not what they seem.
Do you believe in god?
I believe in nature and science.
What do you drink on a night out?
Mojito or wine.
Do you like dancing?
Yes, I love to dance, but it’s been a long time since I danced last time.
What’s your favourite first name?
I don’t have one, but I like when a pretty girl have an obsolete name.. it seems very elegant to me.
Are you a fashion addicted?
I’m not, but I would like to have a personal stylist.
What’s your favourite tv series?
Dexter, no doubt!
Recommend us a book.
“La macchia umana” (The human stain) by Philip Roth and “Cold Spring Harbor” by Richard Yates.
What’s the country of your dreams?
Currently I think the U.S., especially New York. I need a lot of people around me and a lot of opportunities for my life.
Have you ever been to Iceland?
Not yet, but I will as soon as I get a thermic suit.
What song would you choose for a slideshow of your work?
The birds, by Telefon Tel Aviv.
Ask you a question. Tell me your answer (like Marzullo does)
What is the best dream that you’ve ever had? I dreamed that I was dead
and I had to stay five hundred years inside an underwater cave. I was
there with several other people and we were waiting to be born again
in a future’s city.
website: www.martinagiammaria.com
myDiary: www.martinagiammaria.com/diario