“A good photograph is visually provocative and is based on solid ideas as the essential ingredient. Food is my subject. To me, food is an aphrodisiac and tasting my subject is a vital part of my creative process. While working, this gives me a feeling of satisfaction and inspires me. My images evoke seduction through an intimate perspective in a way that appeals to your appetite. Stylistically, I meditate on the balance between the abstraction and representation of reality. I explore photographic tenebrism with natural and artificial light.” -Nino
Nino is an American photographer, born in Los Angeles, CA. After graduating from Texas A&M University with a B.A. in French, Nino attended the full-time program at Speos Photographic Institute in Paris, France.
Spéos was where Nino received his formal education in photography under the tutelage of accomplished industry professionals:
Fashion Photographer Paolo Roversi
Master Printer Georges Fevre
Studio Instructor Helene Vedrenne
Editor in Chief for “Vis a Vis International” Magazine, Nathalie Luyer
Commercial Photographer Ian Patrick
In addition, whilst assisting in Paris & New York, Nino has worked alongside top photographers:
Peter Lindbergh
Patrick Demarchelier
Max Vadakul
Nicolas Moore
Edward Sicot
Thomas LaGrange
Mark Laita
Nino works as a still-life food photographer, continuing to master his photographic eye. His work is artistic, conceptual and technically sound, while pushing the boundary between the photographic and artistic worlds.
Nino has been exhibited in California, Texas, New York, Paris, and Croatia.
Currently lives with his wife Monica in New York.