Italy Our Tours are Urban Adventures!
• Discover and experience a city through the eyes of a local
photographer.
• Encourage the observation of new viewpoints and interesting
details which might easily be overlooked.
• To improve photography technique.
• To have a more interesting experience and involvement when
visiting a city.
• Have fun
About the photographer
Steve Bisgrove
Steve Bisgrove is originally from the UK, has lived in Rome
for 19 years and knows the city and its secrets intimately.
Besides being an excellent photographer and qualified tour
guide, he is very personable and a delight to be with. Here
is some of Steve’s background:
Between 1982 and 1984 he worked as a
photographic assistant for two top London advertising photographers as
well as working freelance for a number of other photographers in
London. Setting up in his own right in the
mid eighties he has worked for various advertising agencies, design
groups and magazines in London, Milan and Rome. These include among the magazines, Elle Decoration and
Country Life in London; Casa Vogue, Amica and Spazio Casa in Milan, as
well as having articles and photos published in the magazines “Italy”
and “Italia” in the United Kingdom.
He has shot advertising campaigns for
Saatchi & Saatchi in Rome, a scooter in Rome’s Trevi Fountain
for BBDO of Milan, and other campaigns for Young and Rubicam, TBWA and
McCann Erickson in Rome.
He has taught photography at the European Institute of
Design in Rome and also at the Scuola Romana di Fotografia.
His photographs have been recognized in various
competitions. In the Px3 Prix de la
Photographie Paris he was awarded a third prize in 2007 in his chosen
category for the series of Rome shops, and in 2008 received and
Honorable Mention for a series of photographs of a person undergoing
major surgery at the CTO hospital in Rome.
One of his pictures was selected for the 2007 Royal
Photographic Society’s International Print Exhibition and another
was selected in the 2005 Association of Photographers’ (AoP) Open
competition.
His photographs are available through a number of online agencies including Alamy, Arcangel Images, Writer Pictures and Rex Features.
