ABOUT
Tommaso George Sacchi was born in Florence Italy in 1971.
Aged seven he felt compelled to steal a camera from a house guest and take it to school to photograph his friends. `It has taken a long time to figure out why.
He studied architecture, dropping out to move to London to co-found the digital innovation studio UNIT9.
After twenty-two years in London and five in New York working at the apex of global advertising digital cameras had finally become interesting and he is able return to photography.
He is best known for his large-scale, portraits, his nudes as well as his lowlight night scenes and abstract forms.
Renowned for his ability to capture candid moments of spontaneity, immortalizing the essence of a fleeting moment 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,
