Maurizio Galimberti

“My photography is like an immediate hug on a person through Polaroid shots. All my planning and my rhythm are contained in it."
For Maurizio Galimberti, the prospect of a life of work and family was narrowing. Photography was his passion. And the Polaroid camera became his tool. Indeed, he made a name for himself nationally and internationally with his mosaic compositions in which he combines multiple Polaroid shots of his subject, even from different perspectives, to recreate a new reading of what he is portraying. With this technique he has immortalized big names in film, music, culture and industry, as well as landscapes, cities and buildings. Polaroid has fascinated Galimberti since the beginning of his career because it allowed him to reinterpret reality. In those two minutes between when he takes the shot and when the image solidifies, Galimberti manipulated the small-format Polaroids by applying pressure with wooden sticks, spikes or simply with his fingers, thus creating strongly painterly images. He also used Polaroids in the very large format, 50 X 60, which he then detached from their base and transferred to photographic or drawing paper and then intervened, with letters, marks or drawings.