New York
   Nowadays I am a freelance art director/photographer. I move a lot and during my travels i am touched and fascinated by the country and its inhabitants. I am a street photographer in heart and soul. My photos are not staged because I want to show real life.
  Inspirations.  
    
       
           Julius Shulman: Visual Drama        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Julius had an eye for visual drama. With modernist buildings, he loved capturing the strong lines s...        
 
       
    
       
           Memories of Ruins: Rebecca Bathory        
 
        
          
    
        
           Finding beauty in darkness, poetry and meaning in the forgotten and surreal, imaginary worlds amongs...        
 
       
    
       
           Toshio Onda        
 
        
          
    
        
           Japanese Fashion photographer Toshio Onda studied at the University of West England. He lives in Par...        
 
       
    
       
           Rayan Ayash        
 
        
          
    
        
           Rayan Ayash is a Fashion Photographer based in New York & Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Palmyra, End of March, 2016        
 
        
          
    
        
           Palmyra. City of Mesopotamia, city of the Phoenicians, of the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Persians, a...        
 
       
    
       
           Small Buildings        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Eric Tabuchi, born 1959, lives and works in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           The end of history - La fin de l´histoire        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Belief in progress is irresistible. In flattering the eye it blinds us. Standing in the middle of t...        
 
       
    
       
           Raymundo Colares        
 
        
          
    
        
           Raymundo Colares (1944 in Grão Mogol, Minas Gerais - 1986 in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais) was a Bra...        
 
       
    
       
           Blast        
 
        
          
    
        
           Naoya Hatakeyama was born in 1958 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Hatakeyama, a student of Kiyoji Otsuji...        
 
       
    
       
           Bring the outside in: The houses of Joseph Eichler        
 
        
          
    
        
           “Eichlers,” as they are referred to in California, are midcentury modern tract homes developed b...        
 
       
    
       
           Man. Kiki. Lee.        
 
        
          
    
        
           The muses of Emmanuel Radnitzky (Man Ray)
"All I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of ...        
 
       
    
       
           Air Luxe        
 
        
          
    
        
           Lavish food offerings and smiling stewardesses in fashionable outfits in economy class, upper deck p...        
 
       
    
       
           Conformity        
 
        
          
    
        
           “Modern man has become a cog in a very complex society. We live in a society that praises individu...        
 
       
    
       
           Uncanny Bodies        
 
        
          
    
        
           There is a space of imagination stretching between brain, lens and body: Photography by Ariana Molly...        
 
       
    
       
           Trees in Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           A series utilizing random patterns in nature to reveal mathematical beauty, by Ansen Seale.        
 
       
    
       
           Color constructions        
 
        
          
    
        
           The work of Krijn de Koning interrupts the environment by adding sculptural, architectural and colou...        
 
       
    
       
           Alain Georges Frank Jacquet        
 
        
          
    
        
           Alain Georges Frank Jacquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1939. After studying drama at the Unive...        
 
       
    
       
           Observatoires        
 
        
          
    
        
           Noémie Goudal is a French artist who graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2010 with an MA in ...        
 
       
    
       
           Mass, space, plane and line        
 
        
          
    
        
           "The essence of architecture is the interrelation and interaction of mass, space, plane and line. Th...        
 
       
    
       
           E. Hu        
 
        
          
    
        
           Eric Hu is an art director based in New York. He previously worked as the design lead at OKFocus. Er...        
 
       
    
       
           Function Follows Form        
 
        
          
    
        
           Formlab is a series of photos generated by an ongoing process for inspiration, random objects are co...        
 
       
    
       
           Nauru        
 
        
          
    
        
           Nauru was first inhabited at least 3,000 years ago. Inhabitants caught ibija fish, acclimatised them...        
 
       
    
       
           SCHNAPPVIECHER        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Krampus in Salzburg, Austria was the first beast Charles Fréger  encountered during his two-yea...        
 
       
    
       
           Superheroes        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paola Mathe, born in Petionville, Haiti, lives and works in New York City. She holds a  BA in econom...        
 
       
    
       
           The contemporary condition        
 
        
          
    
        
           Fred Guillaud (France, 1973) is photographer, architect and teacher. He lives and works  in Barcelon...        
 
       
    
       
           Orange mecanique        
 
        
          
    
        
           Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, was born in 1982 in France. He graduated from ECAL  ...        
 
       
    
       
           "I’m an outsider"        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in New York City in 1928, William Klein studied sociology while enrolled at City College of New...        
 
       
    
       
           Sadamitsu Neil Fujita        
 
        
          
    
        
           Sadamitsu Fujita was born in Waimea, Hawaii to Japanese immigrants. He attended boarding school in H...        
 
       
    
       
           Stan Galli        
 
        
          
    
        
           Illustrator Stan Galli (1912 - 2009) attended the California School of Fine Arts and was recruited a...        
 
       
    
       
           Spacecraft        
 
        
          
    
        
           Raised in Maryland, Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended Art Center College ...        
 
       
    
       
           Josef Sudek        
 
        
          
    
        
           Josef Sudek (b. March 17, 1896, Kolin, Bohemia – d. September 15, 1976) was a Czech photographer, ...        
 
       
    
       
           Mirrors        
 
        
          
    
        
           Jeannette Montgomery Barron was born in 1956 in Atlanta and studied at the International Center of P...        
 
       
    
       
           Charles Negre        
 
        
          
    
        
           Charles Negre is an independent studio photographer living and working in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Supercars        
 
        
          
    
        
           Max Siedentopf grew up in Windhoek, Namibia and continued to live in Berlin and Los Angeles. He curr...        
 
       
    
       
           constructing meaning in 3 steps        
 
        
          
    
        
           Frank Hülsbömer was born 1968 in Münster/Germany.        
 
       
    
       
           Iraq        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photojournalist Luke Wolagiewicz lives in London. Over the last 15 years he has worked across the Mi...        
 
       
    
       
           The Way Of The Light        
 
        
          
    
        
           Vasa Mihich studied at the Academy of Applied Arts, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Mihich has l...        
 
       
    
       
           The 2015 best of penccil        
 
        
          
    
        
           This was an extraordinary year. The world went through a series of shocks and shake-ups, and in betw...        
 
       
    
       
           Radebaugh and Bohn        
 
        
          
    
        
           Arthur C. Radebaugh (1906-1974)  was an American illustrator, airbrush artist, and designer. Some of...        
 
       
    
       
           The Other Side        
 
        
          
    
        
           There's always another side, other stories and new faces behind the glamorous curtains of the fashio...        
 
       
    
       
           Spatial Objects        
 
        
          
    
        
           Spatial Objects is the result of Dan Holdsworth’s ongoing enquiry into contemporary photographic p...        
 
       
    
       
           CHROMAesthesiae        
 
        
          
    
        
           CHROMAesthesiae is a landscape of color populating space in high contrast-gradated clusters. This in...        
 
       
    
       
           Hello Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hello winter . A small selection of landscape photography made in the Atlantic islands of Azores dur...        
 
       
    
       
           Upscaled        
 
        
          
    
        
           In the summer of 2010 the city of Eindhoven asked us to make something fun happen in the city centre...        
 
       
    
       
           Silent Geography        
 
        
          
    
        
           Silent Geography is a site-specific installation consisting of Hazard's torn paper constructed lands...        
 
       
    
       
           Ankara: From pioneering modernism to revivalist mimicry        
 
        
          
    
        
           Ankara: Öncü modernizmden öykünmeci mimesise
Murat Germen is an artist using photography as an ...        
 
       
    
       
           The Sea by Emil Nolde        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in the village of Nolde in 1902, Emil Hansen came from a family of peasants. Nolde completed an...        
 
       
    
       
           UN_NATURAL BESTIARY        
 
        
          
    
        
           In this work Andrea Alessio collects, as in an ancient bestiary, a series of animal images. The fore...        
 
       
    
       
           ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN        
 
        
          
    
        
           I would like to introduce this new series of photos by Andrea Alessio by appealing to an axiom that ...        
 
       
    
       
           John James Audubon and the Golden Eagle        
 
        
          
    
        
           R Kikuo Johnson grew up on the island of Maui.  He began a career in cartooning and illustration wit...        
 
       
    
       
           Behind the walls        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Lo Zuavo Scomparso        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Forward Retreat        
 
        
          
    
        
           Mark Tansey was born in California. He attended art classes at the San Francisco Art Institute and s...        
 
       
    
       
           Technological Exaptation        
 
        
          
    
        
           Images by photographer and set designer Maxime Guyon, currently living and working between Lyon (Fra...        
 
       
    
       
           Faces of the 17th century        
 
        
          
    
        
           17th century Dutch portraits from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.        
 
       
    
       
           Afflicted Objects        
 
        
          
    
        
           "When I was 22 years old I found myself pacing the hallucinogenic black & white sidewalks of Rio de ...        
 
       
    
       
           Parisian Still Lifes        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Romain Bernardie James, born 1980, lives and works in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Cutting Edge        
 
        
          
    
        
           Based on the infamous foam-cutting technique - known for providing many interns a lifelong trauma. G...        
 
       
    
       
           Versuchsaufbau A        
 
        
          
    
        
           Die Grundidee des Versuchsaufbaus–A beruht auf dem System der astronomischen Sonnenuhr. Sonnenuhre...        
 
       
    
       
           Volkswagen Jetta        
 
        
          
    
        
           Herla King,2010-2012. Mirror and colored vinyls & spray-paint on 1984 Volkswagen Jetta. Etienne Bard...        
 
       
    
       
           Inside is Out - Outside is In        
 
        
          
    
        
           photography by Thomas Skou, Copenhagen.        
 
       
    
       
           Aeronauts        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Benedict Redgrove was born in Woodley near Reading, England. He studied at Berkshire Co...        
 
       
    
       
           Ramona Rosales Portraits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Ramona Rosales lives and works in Los Angeles.        
 
       
    
       
           Laucke Siebein, Amsterdam and Berlin        
 
        
          
    
        
           Studio Laucke Siebein is a design studio based in Amsterdam and Berlin. Dirk Laucke (1965) – born ...        
 
       
    
       
           Memory & Form        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paul is an Australian-Taiwanese photographer living and working in New York. He studied in Milano an...        
 
       
    
       
           Low Tech        
 
        
          
    
        
           Kevin Twomey´s first study of light came from studying theatrical lighting where he learned the abi...        
 
       
    
       
           Luciferase        
 
        
          
    
        
           A series of table lights in Epoxy resin, colored pigment, sand, silicone, steel and LEDs. Nacho Carb...        
 
       
    
       
           White Rooms        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Wouter Hogendorp from Den Haag documents the beauty of architectural details: light, th...        
 
       
    
       
           The Value Of Worthless        
 
        
          
    
        
           Klaas Kuiken is a designer, but in his workspace he´s more like an inventor or craftsman. Klaas Kui...        
 
       
    
       
           Dominik Tarabanski        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Dominik Tarabanski was born in Poland. He lives and works in NYC.        
 
       
also:
 Night Stories        
 
        
  
 (C) Mario Gagliardi 2014        
      
        
       
 
 Choreography of pictorial fetishes        
 
        
  
 Afterword by WM Hunt
These are photographs.
These exist uniquely as photographs. The artist, Manuel ...        
      
        
       
 
 Bus station        
 
        
  
 Photos captured as a part of incomplete project looking to be completed.        
      
        
       
 
 Twenty Twentyone        
 
        
  
 Impressions from Vienna in the latter half of 2021. Images by Mario Gagliardi.        
      
        
       
 
 Parallel Universe        
 
        
  
 Sometimes, you can catch one of these scenes when things seem less real, as if another version of re...        
      
        
       
 
 Surface N° 2        
 
        
  
 Arctic Paper presents Surface N° 2 – a second edition featuring a specially curated selection of ...        
      
        
       
 
 Laurel Hills Residence        
 
        
  
 A beautiful example of a contemporary Californian residence, designed by Assembledge architects. The...        
      
        
       
 
 Los Angeles        
 
        
  
 Traveling with Google Maps        
      
        
       
 
 Cazal        
 
        
  
 Glasses by German manufacturer Cazal were considered a sought-after accessory in New York's hip-hop ...        
      
        
       
 
 Paris        
 
        
  
 Paris 2019. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 The e-scooter Boom        
 
        
  
 The German Ministry of Transport announced that it will legalize e-scooters as road vehicles. All Ge...        
      
        
       
 
 Street Life        
 
        
  
 Photographic impressions in the streets of Tokyo and Kyoto. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Energy        
 
        
  
 Every photo has an energy, a direction, and a story. I do not own this story.        
      
        
       
 
 Bones, Stones, Sticks, & Stones        
 
        
  
 Digital photography and manipulation on paper.        
      
        
       
 
 Dawson        
 
        
  
 Yukon Territory, Canada        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Romantic Modern: The California Architecture of Harwell Hamilton Harris. Writer and Designer, Ted We...        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Casting Shadows, Auguste Rodin. Writer and Designer.        
      
        
       
 
 Hoi An        
 
        
  
 Ancient Town in Vietnam and South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century
2...        
      
        
       
 
 worlds of planet earth        
 
        
  
 A set of photos from different places on Earth.
2018        
      
        
       
 
 life in color        
 
        
  
 the world in fun colors        
      
        
       
 
 Painted by Time        
 
        
  
 Inricate patterns created by lichens, made over time around the tiny cracks of ceramic tiles. (C) Ma...        
      
        
       
 
 penccil: This was 2017        
 
        
  
 The penccil year in review is a project selection for 2017, this year curated by Mario Gagliardi. Se...        
      
        
       
 
 Wayne Sorce:  Urban Color        
 
        
  
 "Wayne Sorce: Urban Color" is on view from October 21st through November 30th at Joseph Bellows Gall...        
      
        
       
 
 The wall        
 
        
  
 photography and theoretical  project about the The seperation wall between Israel and the west bank        
      
        
       
 
 Swiernalis        
 
        
  
 Polish alternative musician Swiernalis        
      
        
       
 
 Franz Kline        
 
        
  
 Around 1950, Franz Kline radically simplified painting: “Instead of making a sign you can read, yo...        
      
        
       
 
 Gaetano Pesce: Abstraction is boring        
 
        
  
 "Abstraction is boring and limited as a mode of expression. Reducing and reducing designs means that...        
      
        
       
 
 Jeff Zimmerman        
 
        
  
 Jeff Zimmermann is a Chicago based artist. Born in Kentucky, Zimmerman spent his childhood among nat...        
      
        
       
 
 The Menu        
 
        
  
 The food menu as we know it today is an invention of the 19th century. Traditionally, during a meal ...        
      
        
       
 
 American Food        
 
        
  
 Davide Luciano is a New York based conceptual food and beverage photographer and motion artist. His ...        
      
        
       
 
 Michael Schoner        
 
        
  
 Michael Schoner develops 3D and 2D designs in different scales varying from architecture and interio...        
      
        
       
 
 Franz De Lacroix        
 
        
  
 Model: Franz De Lacroix / Average is Boring
Photographer: Paulina Wyszynska        
      
        
       
 
 Brazil Modernism        
 
        
  
 20th century architecture in Brazil, including work by Lina Bo Bardi, Lúcio Costa, Affonso Reidy, O...        
      
        
       
 
 Struth: Nature & Politics        
 
        
  
 Thomas Struth´s work shows us highly complex equipment, structures and constructions. His pictures ...        
      
        
       
 
 Heartbeat, Heartseat        
 
        
  
 Heartbeat consists of a massive heart glowing to the rhythm of a strong, deep and low frequency hear...        
      
        
       
 
 Swarm fabrication: Kokkugia / Roland Snooks        
 
        
  
 We have a fascination with the impact of new technologies on architecture and construction. We are f...        
      
        
       
 
 This City        
 
        
  
 This City is an audio-visual piece performed as musical alter-ego Mark Eats. It explores what happen...        
      
        
       
 
 Obsolete Distinction        
 
        
  
 In contemporary society, the digital world pervades the physical to such an extent that any distinct...        
      
        
       
 
 Liqen        
 
        
  
 Liqen was born in 1980, in Vigo, a port and industrial city of Galicia, in Spain. Since very little,...        
      
        
       
 
 L’ITALIA CI GUARDIA        
 
        
  
 On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic, 40 masters of photogra...        
      
        
       
 
 The Glass House        
 
        
  
 "This house was Philip Johnson's autobiography—all of his interests were visible, and all of his a...        
      
        
       
 
 Design & Politics        
 
        
  
 Photo series "design and politics" by Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, born in 1982 i...        
      
        
       
 
      
      
    
      
      
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