We became acquainted and he found my pictures interesting. Then it all shifted when by stroke of luck I met Peter Knapp, the legendary French Elle artistic director, who was vacationing at a friend’s house. Well, it sure was! I actually started photographing friends Ravenna was a very provincial town at that time, so everything was unpretentious, almost naive, very spontaneous. In this exhibition we tried to highlight Roversi’s lesser-known artsy side, his experimental, almost surrealist streak somehow, he makes me think of Man Ray.” “His generation has produced extraordinary talents that will go down in fashion photography’s history books, yet he’s unique in the absolute mastering of what I call his ‘sentiment for light.’ His poetic vision and his profound, almost meditative insight are exceptional.
“We wanted to pay homage to Roversi because he’s an undisputed master,” Glaviano explained. But let’s give him one anyway, shall we? One of the greatest photographers of our time, whose extraordinary fashion pictures have graced the pages of all the best magazines for decades, Roversi is being celebrated at Milan’s Palazzo Reale with the exhibition “Paolo Roversi: Storie.” Opening to the public on November 16, the show is the crown jewel of the Vogue Photo Festival, four days of panels, lectures, and exhibitions spread across town and spearheaded by Italian Vogue’s senior photo editor, Alessia Glaviano, who is also the exhibition’s curator.
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