Matteo Brogi: Bolt action, the special issue

Posted on November 13, 2020 in Books & magazines

Bolt action, the special issue

Bolt action system represents the most important and widespread interpretation of a manual repeating rifle. My special issue published in April 2020 talks about it. >>

Matteo Brogi: All about semiautomatic pistols

Posted on August 08, 2015 in Books & magazines

All about semiautomatic pistols

Since August 7 is on sale Pistole semiautomatiche, a 160-page book that explains everything about semiautomatic handguns: notions of technique, ballistics, law, training. In the appendix, the complete profiles of 32 modern pistols >>

Matteo Brogi: The american SHOT SHOW

Posted on January 21, 2015 in On assignment

The american SHOT SHOW

SHOT Show is the largest gun exhibition for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sport industry in the world. It has been in Las Vegas and more than 70,000 professional visitors attended it in 2014. The 12.5 miles of aisle host 1,600 exhibitors from over 50 countries. >>

Matteo Brogi: 1995-2015 - My 20th working anniversary

Posted on January 08, 2015 in About me

1995-2015 - My 20th working anniversary

This time I celebrate myself and my (first) twenty years of work. Through the graphic that accompanied me and the business cards that described my job (someone continues to represent myself). >>

Matteo Brogi: Super fast food photography

Posted on December 16, 2014 in On assignment

Super fast food photography

From Roma Tiburtina to Napoli Centrale in 1 hour and 9 minutes. To shoot in the Club coach the meals cooked by Eataly cooks. Then, in Naples, to shoot Grand Hotel Vesuvio >>

Matteo Brogi: The photographer's portray - Part II

Posted on December 05, 2014 in New works

The photographer's portray - Part II

Milan, November 4, 2014. The backstage of Maurizio Galimberti's work for Wings for Life World Run 2015 and my portraits of the Ambassadors who have lent their faces to this charity initiative. >>

Matteo Brogi: The photographer's portray - Part I

Posted on November 19, 2014 in Books & magazines

The photographer's portray - Part I

Last September, I attended an event organized for the press from 3 primary brands in the fields of sport guns and related accessories: JP Sauer & Sohn for rifles, Leica for optics, Hornady for ammunition. The first article published has become the cover story of Cacciare a Palla December issue >>

Matteo Brogi: AN APP-DIRECTORY OF ITALIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS

Posted on November 13, 2014 in About me

AN APP-DIRECTORY OF ITALIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS

TAUvisual'13 is an interactive publication providing an overview on Italian professional photography, bringing together in a single, monumental gathering, photographic and video examples of the production of a thousand professional photographers, members of the National Association of Professional Photographers - TAU Visual. I am there there. >>

Matteo Brogi: Italian porcini mushrooms on RICHESSE Japan

Posted on October 14, 2014 in Books & magazines

Italian porcini mushrooms on RICHESSE Japan

A feast for Autumn: for Richesse (HEARST Fujingaho inc.) n. 9 (the - Fall issue) I photographed some porcini mushroom based dishes at Cammillo and Perseus restaurants, in Florence. Porcini - "A Taste of Autumn" - were chosen by the editors of the prestigious Japanese magazine to illustrate the second part of the perfect Autumn menu >>

Matteo Brogi: IGOR MITORAJ R.I.P.

Posted on October 06, 2014 in A random overlook on my work

IGOR MITORAJ R.I.P.

I photographed Igor Mitoraj in November 1997 on assignment for Toscana Qui, the magazine about Florence and Tuscany directed by Giorgio Batini with whom I had started publishing a few years before ... >>

Matteo Brogi: Corri la vita 2014

Posted on September 29, 2014 in On assignment

Corri la vita 2014

On September 28, in Florence, the twelfth edition of Corri la vita, a charity event founded in 2003, involved more than 32.000 people to help qualify public health facilities in Florence specialized in the fight against breast cancer. >>

Matteo Brogi: OVERLORD 1944-2014

Posted on September 20, 2014 in New works

OVERLORD 1944-2014

Operation Overlord, 70 years later. Now that the D-Day landing beaches have become a crowded place to vacation, I used my iPhone and the Hipstamatic app to capture the feelings that must have felt the soldiers engaged in the battle of Normandy. The vaguely retro images commemorate the people who died on 1944, June 6th, on both sides. The randomness of the result added expectations to a story that enabled me to dig into such a significant event in modern history. >>

Matteo Brogi: Le pistole Glock

Posted on August 28, 2014 in Books & magazines

Le pistole Glock

Che storia, quella di Glock. Intraprendenza, un'idea innovativa, genio imprenditoriale, una certa dote di spregiudicatezza, sangue-sesso-e-soldi sono elementi tutti presenti nel suo DNA. Racconta della visione di un uomo e di come, confidando in sé e in un'idea, anche un oscuro ingegnere austriaco sia riuscito a proporsi alla ribalta della storia industriale del XX secolo, sovvertendo gerarchie ormai consolidate e cambiando le prospettive di un prodotto, una semplice pistola. >>