Francesco Escalar

Sophia Loren a Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, Meg Ryan, Fanny Ardant, John Malkovitch, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Irons, Ferzan Ozpetek, Andy Garcia, Rupert Everett, Daniel Auteuil: a gallery of stunning photographic portraits of famous actors and actresses taken by the Italian photographer Francesco Escalar. As a teenager, he had already identified photography as his expressive medium and tool for dialogue, with the added stimulus of art, which plays a primary role in Escalar’s search for absolute beauty. The “pictorial” inspiration that Francesco Escalar conveys in his photography is particularly evident in his exploration of light, a hallmark of his work that instantly captures viewers’ attention. A photographer is always a bit of a gypsy, and Escalar finds further inspiration in all his travels which lends his work an enhanced sensibility, enriched as it is by his unforgettable human encounters, each one of them unique, and all sharing a common passion for film.