PHOTOGRAPHY IS HER FREEDOM

INTERVIEW WITH PHOTOGRAPHER SANDRA LAZZARINI

Sandra Lazzarini is a creative who lives and works in a small town in northern Italy, near the sea and mountains, where she beautifully says “ nothing is missing”. She is self-taught , and studied art and restoration while at University, a path she eventually abandoned to focus on something else.

Photography is my freedom. I have collaborated with several international magazines and I am happy that my photos are getting international exposure, and am loving the feedback to my work.

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Your greatest inspirations or influences?

My biggest inspiration comes from surrealist painting, my god is Magritte.

There is so much of his art in my living with photography. There are also many photographers, even unknown ones, that I find on the web from which I draw inspiration or that I observe with curiosity. Even objects, the most banal ones or those I find at home such as an apple, a flower or a kitchen glove, are a source of inspiration for me. I like to see beauty where it is sought.

Tell us a bit about your creative process?

My creative process starts from an idea that surfaces in my brain. The photo that I will eventually create appears to me as a unique image. I often take notes, because sometimes it can take several days before I actually manage to organize a set and short memory, then it makes me forget what I had in mind. I like to shoot at home, where I don't have a real studio, but a quiet and bright space, suitable for creating.

Photography is something very instinctive for me, there is no particular project to which I am particularly attached. I don't work through photographic projects, rather I am very attached to certain photographs that I have made over time. A bond due to a particular place that inspired me, or a bond given by the emotion felt in the act of creating or by the well-being or the change I was going through at that moment.

How has this year changed your creativity or how you see the world changing moving forward

This past year has been very mixed from a creative point of view. I photograph when I feel good, when I feel calm and serene. Unfortunately, this year I had several moments of sadness, sometimes of apathy and sometimes of fear and anguish. So my creativity was very influenced by this unusual mood for me.

Many projects, especially exhibitions, unfortunately failed to go through, but I will recover as soon as possible. There were also some very beautiful days to remember, so not everything was lost. I noticed that the creativity around me, both that of the people I know and that of social contacts never stopped.