Paolo Ventura Vanishing Man

Italian photographer Paolo Ventura creates stories by giving life to the simplest of materials which he has gathered He gave up a successful career as a fashion photographer because he just had to photograph the images that haunted him Images that the artist had imagined as a child when his grandmother told him about her adventures during the war In his studio in a barn on top of a secluded mountain he creates a timeless melancholic world that resonates the isolation in which he grew up Ventura conquered the international art scene with his photography series War Souvenir and Winter Stories His work is included in collections by renowned museums in Italy France and the US