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Daniele Macca
The Thought in a Photograph
What's really inside a photograph? Not just light, form, or subject, but a thought, an intention, a reflection captured over time. I experience photography as a philosophical act, a gesture that doesn't simply represent what I see, but that thinks along with me. Every shot, even the most instinctive, carries with it a trace of my consciousness, my inner gaze, a precise choice.
With Leica, this narrative takes shape through the use of a camera that is not only extraordinary in quality, but also a tool that accompanies and enables my way of observing, reflecting, and capturing the world, in a thought.
RITRATTO
For me, portraiture is not a simple representation, but an act of thought and connection. Every photograph arises from an encounter with another, from a shared moment in which the gaze becomes listening. I don't seek to describe a face, but to allow a presence to emerge. A conscious choice is made in every shot: what to show, what to withhold, what to suggest. The portrait thus becomes a suspended space, where my vision and the subject's identity intertwine. I don't capture a definitive image, but a trace, a fragment of humanity that continues to question the viewer. For me, photography is a reflective gesture: a way of thinking through images, restoring dignity, complexity, and silence.
ARCHITETTURA
Architecture manifests itself as a suspended space, simultaneously fragile and powerful, in constant balance between heaven and earth. My photographs reveal a story far removed from clichés, one that escapes the iconic and repetitive image to convey a more intimate, silent vision, profoundly respectful of its equilibrium. It is an architecture that does not impose itself, but rather allows itself to be traversed, observed, and listened to. The space is filled with a sweet and melancholic life, made up of discreet presences and everyday moments. The noise fades to the point of almost disappearing, leaving room for a suspended dimension. Photography thus becomes a tool for visual meditation, an invitation to slow down the gaze.
LA FABBRICA
LA FABBRICA
Industrial photography becomes an act of silent listening. Warehouses, factories, and infrastructures are captured not as simple functional testimonies, but as architectural bodies imbued with memory. The lens moves with distance and precision, rejecting the emphasis and rhetoric of decay, instead providing a measured, almost analytical vision of the productive space. In these images, the absence of man is not a lack, but an indirect presence: every wall, every line, every surface bears the marks of an activity that has shaped the landscape and time. Industrial photography, understood in this way, neither celebrates nor condemns the machine; it observes. It records urban transformations as slow stratifications, where industry becomes one of the forms through which the city narrates itself.
Motus animi continuus
the book
The volume "Motus animi continuus" is available in bookstores and online. Special thanks to the professor and photography historian Italo Zannier who edited the preface.
YAPfestival
YOUNG ARTISTS PHOTO FESTIVAL
YAP is more than just a photo exhibition; it's an opportunity to engage, learn, and grow in the world of photography. The festival's primary mission is to provide a platform where young photographers aged 18 to 29 can exhibit their work, receive feedback from industry experts, and connect with other creative minds.
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