{"id":14428,"date":"2022-07-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=14428"},"modified":"2022-08-01T10:41:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T10:41:12","slug":"interview-with-raffaele-canepa-from-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-with-raffaele-canepa-from-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview With Raffaele Canepa From Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Raffaele Canepa and his extraordinary perspectives on infrared photography pushes him over his personal boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can you introduce yourself and talk about how you got into photography?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was introduced to analogue photography as a kid by my father and with ups and downs, I’ve fiddled with cameras since the young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1993 I moved from Genova – where I was born in 1974 – to Milano to attend university; soon after my arrival in town I was involved in my first film production job, and at the end of my second year I quit economics to pursue a career in the film production industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For almost 20 years I have worked as a producer for TV shows and ADV and a director for broadcast and web documentaries and series; throughout this whole time, I regarded photography as a sort of visual sketchbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where did you study photography?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t attend any photography school: my knowledge comes from my field experience as a film producer and director. Fun fact: during my first years as a photographer I really struggled with portrait mode, as I was used to seeing the world through the cinematic frame, in landscape mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My experience with Infrared Photography comes from years of personal research and field experimentation, supported by a basic knowledge in physics and maths: in fact, you can’t totally rely on what your eyes see when you deal with infrared light. It is a trial and error process that is still ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you remember your first shot? What was it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a memory related to primary school, for some homework on trains. My father entrusted his Nikkormat to me to go and photograph the trains at the station with a few simple recommendations: keep the 50mm lens always set to f8, check the lightmeter hand to be in the center and that the focus indicator to be aligned. Just a little more than a modern point-and-shoot system, but I already felt as a Pulitzer Prize. Even if at the time I had no idea what that was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What equipment do you use?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I work with DIY modified cameras; I disassemble the camera down to the sensor, remove the filter that blocks infrared light, and put everything back together. I then use a range of different filters that cut off the visible light at different points of the spectrum, depending on the light condition I’m working with and the final effect that I want to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve always been a Nikon guy, but recently I switched to Fuji XT mirrorless system, which is very helpful when working with IR, as you’re not able to see through the viewfinder of a traditional DSLR with an infrared filter mounted on the lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invisible light of NYC is part of a long-term project which shows the world’s most iconic buildings and landmarks shot\u00a0\u2026 (read more at New York Photography Awards<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read more about this interview<\/a> with Cheraine Collete from the 2021 New York Photography Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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