It is not by chance that one becomes an
aviation photographer. It is the passion for flight
and technology that leads many of us to try to
capture in a picture the soul of an aircraft or the
feeling of a specific action. That was also my case,
in a process of development in which I always tried
to improve and update my approach to the photo
report, aiming to offer readers not only a nice
series of photos, but also a collection of images
which could transmit those fleeting impressions,
those feelings that one can catch only by direct
experience, and that for many are out of reach.
The success of an aviation photographer is due not
only to his technical skill, but above all to his
patience, to his spirit of self-sacrifice and
endurance in the quest of a specific image, to his
experience and, sometimes, to chance.
In a career of more than twenty years, I think that
I have largely exceeded the total of 50,000 images
taken in all different conditions: from the cold of
the winter Alps overflow in an open helicopter, to
the heat of the Nevada desert in summertime; from
comfortable positions under the shade of trees, to
narrow cockpits of combat aircraft flying aerobatic
manoeuvres. In this short photo-survey I have tried
to include for you some of my best and spectacular
pictures, without forgetting that the most beautiful
shot...is always to be taken.
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