Learn to read the light even where it seems absent

Where Mountains
Embrace the Sky

A shot imagined for a long time, inspired by the work of Tom Rae. The Milky Way isn't as straight as I imagined, but that's fine! The sequence consists of three panoramic panels of the ground—for a wide, enveloping foreground—and 20 star-tracked sky shots, 120 seconds each, integrated in post.

Davide Luongo

My name is Davide and I was born and raised near Imperia, where I lived until I was twenty. Since I was a child, I was exposed to technology thanks to my father, a great enthusiast of innovation and photography: my first camera, in fact, was his.

During my university years, in 2016, I rediscovered photography as a hobby thanks to my roommate Franz. Together, we took one of my first night shots in Boccadasse, a place that over the years has become particularly meaningful to me and which I continue to frequent, almost as if it were a return to my roots.

In 2017, I moved to Padua for work. Here, I experienced a period of solitude that decisively contributed to the maturation of my passion for photography, which has become a tool for personal growth and expression.

Over time I have refined my method both in the field and in post-production, eliminating pre-packaged formulas in favor of a logical and replicable process. I actively collaborate with leading brands in the photography sector such as SIGMA, Maven Filters and Vanguard.

Photography brings together two things I care about: being outdoors and spending time in places that still feel wild, especially mountains and northern landscapes. It has taken me as far as Australia and New Zealand, but it has also changed the way I look at places closer to home. What keeps me going is simple: standing in front of a landscape that makes me stop for a moment, then trying to bring that feeling back in a photograph.

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