📸 Photo series #30: Merry Christmas 🎄

Street photographer: Laura Pierangeli

Merry Christmas to all! 🎄

The holiday spirit is all around, and what a better way to spread joy than by revealing the lucky winner of our photo book giveaway! 📸✨

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Now, without further ado, let's unveil the winner of a free Thames & Hudson’s Photofile of his choice! 📚🏆

🌟 The winner is Fabien Ecochard.

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Make yourself comfortable with a good coffee and enjoy the photos! ☕️

It's Christmas time! by Laura Pierangeli

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It’s Christmas time! It’s a magical time to make the impossible possible, to walk in the city and find yourself among polar bears. It’s time to have other eyes and become children again.

Written and shot by Laura Pierangeli.

Who’s behind the lens?

Describe yourself as a photographer and where you are based

I was born in Rome and I started playing with a camera when I was 8 years old, communicating through images is part of me, my way of being and feeling about life, I don't do it for any other reason than to express myself.

I trained in reportage photography by attending the courses of the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome (RUFA) and, from 2007 to 2014 with the photographic group "Benaco 12", I took part in various group exhibitions collaborating on various photographic projects.

Since 2016, thanks to the participation in photographic workshops with both Italian and international photographers, I have become passionate about "street photography". Having the possibility of revealing an emotion, a story, an entire world in a single image is, I think, a priceless creative experience.

I participated in several Italian and international projects (Arcipelago 19, 24hourproject, Travel tales) I exhibited my personal exhibition in Rome in February 2020 "How did we get to this" at Otto Rooms & Photogallery, and I took part in various exhibitions set up as a result of both national and international street photography festivals (Siena awards, Paris street photo awards, Head on photo festival in Sidney, Kuala Lumpur Photofestival). I have published in several street photography magazines such as "New Journalist magazine" and "Street photography artist magazine". I have been a founding member since 2021 of the Italian street photography collective Collettivopunto21.

Your favorite camera and lens

Fujifilm xt2, Fujifilm x100v, only 23 mm lens.

Your favorite places to shoot

Rome & Ostia.

According to you, what makes a good picture

A good picture tells a story.

Your favorite photographers and where you get inspired.

William Klein is my great source of inspiration.

Portfolio and/or social media links

Instagram : @laurapierangeli

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