Stefano Paradiso (Rome, 1969) is a photographer and cinematographer. Trained at the R. Rossellini School of Cinematography and Photography, he has worked for over thirty years in cinema and advertising as a director of photography and camera operator, collaborating with...
Read MoreStefano Paradiso (Rome, 1969) is a photographer and cinematographer. Trained at the R. Rossellini School of Cinematography and Photography, he has worked for over thirty years in cinema and advertising as a director of photography and camera operator, collaborating with Italian, French, and American filmmakers. For television, he has produced documentaries and reportage in various countries around the world.
Alongside his work in cinema, he has developed a personal photographic research informed by authorial photography and Eastern visual traditions. His references include Josef Koudelka and Luigi Ghirri, Japanese Nihonga painting, Chinese Guóhuà , Impressionism, and auteur cinema.
After many years living in France, he returned to Italy in 2017, where he continues to combine his work in film with a photographic practice focused on black-and-white imagery. His work is rooted in darkroom experimentation, involving large-format negatives and contact prints on fine art papers, including Japanese Washi. His practice brings together analog photography, material process, and a dialogue between Eastern tradition and contemporary visual language.
