Waiting for Rossella, 2016

20x30cm (on 24x33cm sheet)

Heraklion - Crete: I was waiting for my wife Rossella at the port, she was returning from another trip or from working away, due to bad weather I had to wait many hours for her to arrive. In the meantime, I was fascinated by the apocalyptic atmosphere of the capital Heraklion. So I got to work and so the instant book came about.

Paolo Sacchi, reporter and portraitist, has worked for numerous travel magazines in Italy and abroad, including Dove, Gulliver, Carnet, Style, Viaggi del Sole, Yacht and Sail, Travel, Leisure, Bon Appetit, Guide Lonely Planet.

For the Getty Images agency he has provided services for Discovery Channel and several international newspapers.

For Italia Nostra he published "Portrait of a park", a one-year survey of the urban parks Bosco in Città and Parco delle Cave in Milan.

In the field of industrial archeology, he created the exhibition "For the last time a factory" on the historic Panizza hat factory in Ghiffa, on Lake Maggiore.

But his preferred area of work is portaits through which he has investigated different worlds: art, work, family, entertainment.

Among the various portrait works, commissioned by companies and individuals, is the photographic exhibition "Oltre", exhibited in various locations: through studio poses and a black background that was the same for everyone, life-size people were represented of all ages and social backgrounds, in a project aimed at building a memory of our time.

Paolo Sacchi keeps a blog, "Depth of Field", in which he uses words and images to reflect on life and his work.