Andrea Bianchi —
documentary photographer

I photograph the world starting from where I grew up: Matera. From the first moment I picked up a camera, I knew it was my instrument; there was something about expressing myself through images that felt immediately and completely natural.

My work is an attempt to tell the stories that strike me, to document their quiet strength and extraordinary character, searching everywhere for that same gentleness and resilience I first learned to recognize at home.

I photograph whatever catches my attention: landscapes, animals, people, fleeting moments. Composition is something I think about deeply: I feel a natural pull toward symmetry and balance, even if I know when to let them go.