Mobile Photography & Art – ‘Intimate Interview’ with Rino Rossi from Alba Adriatica, Italy

I always dreamed of writing since I was a child. Poems, stories, reports – I even wanted to become a journalist!

While attending elementary school, I participated in a competition that included the drafting of a theme concerning the ‘Giro d’Italia’ which was a stop in my city. I had a special mention for this writing and was able to shake hands with a famous Italian cyclist, Felice Gimondi.

My first job was as a cashier at the cinema. On the weekends I took off the tickets and then I could watch all the movies on the schedule.

I have always attended public schools, also because my parents could not afford anything else.

I attended a biology course at the University of L’Aquilia, but I did not pass the last two exams (on this one could then write a book…. but it is another story). In the meantime, however and since I live in a seaside resort, in the summer I have always been a waiter.

I’ve never had a real mentor in the flesh, I have always lived in the shadow of virtual figures (musicians, actors, writers), whom I used to take as models of life.

I am not particularly fond of physical activities and wellness but I like walking and cycling. The work I do (exactly the opposite of static work) helps to do the rest!

The answer for me is too simple. The difficulty, if anything, is to try to get the right balance between the two.

When I was younger, I did enough, although I didn’t get too involved. Currently, given also the Italian and world situation, I am rather disillusioned. The ‘new fascism’ that is creeping into civilisation rather scares me, especially for my children.

I’d like to have an Apple Mac at peak performance, to take advantage of its enormous photographic potential in combination with the apps on my iPhone.

I consider myself as a rather boring individual. Perhaps my biggest extravagance is eating raw lemon.

Absolutely in isolated and silent places. The silent nothing that surrounds me manages to make me recover harmony with myself.

It is certainly difficult at my age to still have ambitions. But it is precisely in the world of my visions that I place a small part of it. Hoping to bring someone closer to my ‘artism’ is my dominant ambition!

The hope. The hope that humanity will prove to be such.

My two children aged seventeen and fourteen.

The clever falsehood. Transparency is an increasingly rare gift, especially in the workplace.

I believe that without too much immodesty, I would like… in the end I reflect what I aspired to at that age, even if very virtually

I owned a Sony cassette Walkman that I used to record concerts and even simple ambient noise. A pity to have lost it!

Finding the right balance between environment and business, respecting the peace and dignity of all.

It’s a question I always try to divert before I ask.. I don’t think so.

I’d give myself a 7.5. I have not finished university but I have a family and a world of playful fantasy with which to relate daily.

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