Francesco Santi

Background

Francesco was born on 23 May in 1945 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.

Career

Fotografo

Achievements

• Franco Santi, photographer, was born in 1945 in Udine (Italy). He took his first picture at the age of 10, using a folding Voigtlander camera a gift from his mother, which may have previously belonged to some uncle.
  
  A few years later he was able to use more accurate exposure times thanks to his newly aquired ICE exposimeter-
  
  In 1957, his father gave him a Leica III c camera which, curiosly enough, he later sold to a guy only to rebuy it soon afterwards.
  
  In 1961 a technical breakthrougth was possible with a acqisition of a Canon F1 camera (still in fully working condition today, complete whith a set of different focal-lenght lenses.
  
  In 1976, after graduating(1971) in chemistry at Trieste University,Franco opened a photographic workshop destinated to survive three years, in meantime he was also serving as a consultant to a number of photographically-oriented chemical firms (Ornano...and others).
  
  A turning point in his professional life was marked by his acquaintance in 1980 with the Sweedish sience photographer Lennard Nilsshon and his celebrated book "Life before birth"
  
  Franco Santi has portrayed several famous musicians, notabily piano players, Michele Campanella, Laura De Fusco, Ennio Morricone, Vladimir Horovitz, Nino Gardi and others, for magazines covers and theatre playbills.
  
  He is interest in, and works on, problems realted to science photography, notably medical photography.
  
  He regularly contributes articles and pictures to italian magazines such as "Plein Air"and "Airone".
  
  His interest in photographic printing has increased considerabily wuth time: getting acquainted with Ansel Adams' pictures and printing thecnique has prompted him to pursue increasingly higer technical standards. Since 1994 he's been running a workshop for black-and-withe photographic print, whose reputation is growing quickly and steadily. He collaborates with several hospitals and with the Medicine Dept. of Udine University.
  
  Franco Santi's latest major effort is a work (exposition in Abu Dhabi) on Industrial Arcaeology portraying the old industrial settlements still existant in his native land, Friuli, Italy.
  
  

Works

More photos

• international exposition

  • Torviscosa (UD) - Archeologia Industriale friulana

    (This work, (about 80 pictures 70x100) was exposed in Abu ...)

• press

  • Campoformido festeggia il Grandangolo - Messaggero Veneto

    (CAMPOFORMIDO Per il 30º di fondazione del circolo cultura...)

    2013

• publication

  • Franco Santi, Autore a Terni Archeologia Industriale 2016

Religion

Ateism

Politics

Apolitical

Membership

• Circolo fotografico "il grandangolo" campoformido , Italy

  2007 - 2017

Interests

• pianoforte

• Philosophers & Thinkers

  b. russel

• Politicians

  adriano roman emperor

• Writers

  borges

• Artists

  caravaggio

• Sport & Clubs

  judo

• Athletes

  none

• Music & Bands

  classic-jazz

Connections

Friend:

T. Toffoletti

Tina modotti's specialist

References

• FOTOGRAFI - Sensibilità e contrasti. (Osservazioni, sarcasmi, cattiverie) pubblicato da: Tipografia Pellegrini, Il Cerchio, UDINE italy fotografi visti con occhio ironico
  2013
• PleinAir - Turismo secondo natura, camper, caravan, tenda, escursioni PleinAir - Il camper, la caravan e la tenda sono i protagonisti di una cultura di vita disegnata da un rapporto unico con i luoghi e con l’ambiente.
  1990
• prima turchia Article and photo about anatolian places. n° 210 01 1990 page n°52
  1990
• prima turchia photografphic description of anatolian places. page 52 n°210 genn 1990
  1990