Italy Our Tours are Urban Adventures!
About the photographers
Steve Bisgrove
Steve Bisgrove is originally from the UK, has lived in Rome
for more than 20 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.
Luca della Vale
Luca is an
American born in Rome. While much of his work involves architectural,
interiors, and advertising still-life and product photography, his
greatest love is reportage. His joy is to be always with his camera,
ready to make an exciting image, wherever he may find himself.
Luca began his work as an assistant to a fashion photographer Tony
Lattari in New York City. He was the leading photographer for an art
catalogue of a prestigious painter Chris Davis inside the Vittoriano
– Rome’s monument to the Unknown Soldier. He lived and worked in
China for several years, working for an Italian and Chinese photo
agency Iber-press and Featurechina, and has photographed for UNESCO at
the Yunnan Dam on the Hu Tiao Xia gorge, as well as other places in
China.
He likes telling real stories that people everywhere can relate. Luca
lives in Rome, the Eternal City, which is an unending opportunity for
great imagery.
More details
PhotoSleuths Tours