ABOUT
Tommaso George Sacchi was born in the city of Florence, Italy. At the tender age of seven, he experienced a strong desire to borrow a house guest’s camera, bringing it to school to take pictures of his classmates. The camera was later returned, and those initial photographs are now tucked away in a drawer, patiently awaiting rediscovery.
He studied architecture at the University of Florence, gaining experience as an apprentice in his father’s studio. After five years, he made the pivotal choice to relocate to London, where he played a key role in founding the digital innovation company UNIT9.
Spending 22 years in London followed by five in New York, he immersed himself in the fusion of technology and creativity while working in global advertising. Throughout this journey, he continued to take photographs, patiently anticipating advancements in digital camera technology.
Today, he has the opportunity to concentrate fully on his love for photography, earning recognition for his abstract portraits, nudes, and low-light night images. His distinctive talent lies in forging an energetic connection with his willing subjects, skillfully capturing spontaneous, unguarded moments that preserve the essence of fleeting experiences in time.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I capture the energy released in the moment. The beauty and proportion of the world we inhabit and the souls I encounter.
The golden ratio present in everything I observe and capture. For those with eyes to see confirming the existence of a maker.
The energy released during a portrait exchange defies the laws of physics. Both parties feeling energized. Energy created seemingly out of nothing.
None of the photographs are staged. I catch what I can in the moment. Only sometimes in very low light situations asking the willing sitter to not move around so much.
The energy exchanged between portraitist and sitter Is held within the photograph only to be released when observed once more. The now, that was, is now once again, as a movie plays out in our minds eyes. We are taken back to that moment, but everything has changed.
I timestamp the limited edition prints I make available down to the second. This is the exact moment of my movie that I have immortalized.
As our life span is so short I cling to these precious few memories. Proof of my existence. And that of the sitter.
A fragment of life,
“Wherever you look, if your eyes are open you will see the face of the Divine.”
— Alan Watts
“A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality.”
— PLATO - Athenian philosopher, 427 - 347 BCE