Michele Zucchetti
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Photographer in Monza, Milan and FlorenceItaliano

Portraits

4 series · 20 frames · 2023–2026

In the studio or outdoors, under a bare bulb or a setting sun. The light changes every time; the person in front of the lens stays at the centre.

Velvet

Portraits · 2026 · 4 frames

Deep blue, a blazer and a velvet sofa. A portrait that moves from colour to black and white without losing the gaze.

Portrait of a woman with tied-back hair and arms crossed over her chest against a painted blue backdrop
01 Against the blue backdrop
The same woman in black and white, eyes lowered, hands resting on her arms
02 Lowered gaze
Woman in a navy blazer seated on a velvet sofa, looking straight into the camera
03 Blazer on the sofa
Wide black and white view of the woman on the sofa, a large reflector panel in the foreground
04 Sofa and reflector

Stage lights

Portraits · 2024 · 4 frames

A portrait in two acts, from a tailored suit to a plain white tee, with dressing-room bulbs as the only set.

Black and white portrait of a man in a suit and glasses sitting on a stool, lit by a raking light in the dark
01 Suit on a stool
Close-up of clasped hands, a pale jacket with a red pocket square against a leather Chesterfield sofa
02 Clasped hands, red pocket square
Black and white portrait of a man in a white T-shirt, his face blurred by motion in front of a wall of lit bulbs
03 Motion among the bulbs
Smiling man with dark glasses and platinum hair beside four glowing bulbs, in black and white
04 Smile and dark glasses

Cliffside

Portraits · 2025 · 8 frames

A seaside session in black and white. A white corset, pearls and slow gestures against the pale walls of the coast.

Woman with a shaved head in a white corset, one arm raised above her head, looking into the camera
01 Raised arm
Profile of a woman wearing a pearl choker and a lace dress, the coastline blurred behind her
02 Profile with pearls
Woman with a pearl choker, hands resting on her chest, in black and white
03 Hands on the chest
Woman with her hands at her temples and eyes half closed, in a white corset
04 Hands at the temples
Smiling woman reaching towards the lens, her hand blurred in the foreground
05 Reaching for the lens
Woman with one arm bent over her head and a hand on her face, the pale coast behind
06 Arm over the head
Woman lifting a hand above her head, looking down towards the lens
07 Gesture above the head
Woman with her fingers at her lips and her other hand stretched towards the camera
08 Fingers to the lips

Lantern

Portraits · 2023 · 4 frames

A lantern, a cigarette, a sunset. Portraits built from a single light source, in warm colour and in black and white.

Bearded man with curly hair lit by a lantern, a cigarette between his lips, in warm light
01 Lantern, in colour
The same man in black and white, the lantern glowing above his face, a pen between his fingers
02 Lantern, in black and white
Face of a curly-haired man looking past a blurred object in the foreground
03 Looking past the foreground
Man leaning on a low wall against the sunset, his curly hair lit by the sun
04 Backlit at sunset

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