I grew up in the beautiful north western Italian region known as Piedmont, a land where nature shows its beauty in many different and constantly changing ways. The large, calm Po River crossing the Pianura Padana, the Italian widest plain with its enchanted rural sceneries, the glacial lakes at the feet of the Alps, the Monferrato and Langhe hills emerging from the plain like a green, wooden promontory, and finally the majestic setting of the Western Alps, with its 4000 mts. peaks and untouched wild areas. An area offering infinite photographic subjects that I depict with a serene, intimate style. Around dawn and sunset, when light is at its best, are my favourite hours to photograph, together with those moments when hard or somehow unusual weather conditions contribute to provide the scene with unique drama and mood. My aim is to deliver strong compositions, enticing colours, haunting atmospheres and to depict the innermost beauty of nature by focusing on its essential elements of colours, patterns and textures. While keeping my homeland as the main arena for my photography projects, a restless growing passion for landscapes has led me to extensively travel throughout Italy and to regularly visit France and other European countries, always looking for new challenging subjects to capture. Thanks for dropping by, I hope you enjoy my pictures. A larger selection of my photograps can also be found at my personal website: http://www.paolodefaveri.com
