Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto

Can you tell us a little about you? So, firstly my name is Vladic, but originally was Vladislav Vladimir Xomenkho, from that first name is come my actual artistic nam e, my real photography passion was started since 20 17 with my first Reflex, the Canon 1200D and before with a nor mal smartphone, the LG G4, before that the Photogra phy was only a dream. Adopted from Ucraine with my brother, Rostic (Rostislav Xomenkho), from italian parentsw e came to Italy in 2008 in Vasto. In these 14 years our life wasn’t simple, starting from bullish, the autism ce rtificate from 2011 in the Abruzzo’s ASL in Chieti province. The live i s ver y long to describe, ad terrific for me to expl ain some things and storica events in my life and for that want to spea k about it with pretty things that understand the r eaders my life in summar y. You find my histor y in short in the PDF li nked in the root director y called: HISTORY (Estratt o from 6th June 2022 ISSUE by INAIL) - ITA .pdf Written in Italian l anguage from the SuperAbile by INAIL Magazine for D iversity and narrate my life in short with the cruelty of facts.

How and when did you get into photography? Emm, my curiosity for the Photography was in a spe cific period in my life, in the 2016s I’ve started with my first camer a phone, in that period, my LG G4, with this phone I started to experiment the manual sections in the camera, video and a little things about modding etc. But, the ve r y first approach to a true photography was in the period wh en I bought my first DSLR, a Canon 1200D with the 1 8.55 kit. Starting with nature photography, long expositions and landscapes I’ve been passed to Portraits in tha t time, when I’ve been refunded fro m my AKG K702 Reference Earp hones buying my first 50mm lens, the Canon 50mm F1. 8 STM, fro that I’ve been effectively started with Portrai t Photography, in that period only subjects I had w as my cat, and some animals and Macro’s. My real first subjects ar e started with my parents, my brother and old frien ds. The Fashion Photography is coming from the Septembe r, last year, 2021, after my first Photography Exhi bition where my old pictures (old style) were exposed. From the October in that year In started effectively to rese arch my Style ad approach with Fashion. From that year, I photograph ed over 300 girls (in about only 10 mounts, excludi ng Januar y, Februar y and March where I stopped to shoot for per sonal and legal problem with my parents, where I ca me to L’Aquila, with a actual support administrator, that was nominee by my tutelar y judge. From the end of March I re-sumed shootings and I didn't stop anymore.

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Giulia Cetrullo (Instagram: @giuliactrl)

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Erin Braida (Instagram: @erinbraida) Outfits: ZARA

What does photography mean to you? This is difficult, but, in the same time, ver y sim ple to explain with only a phrase: it was my poor salvation from bullying life and loneliness. My life was better because it was like a reven-ge to me, my resurrection. I see in my portraits th e emotions that I lost in my life, the cuteness, th e beauty, delicacy, sweetness, elegance, charm, expressivenes s, sensuality and femininity. These are my first wo rds for describe a perfect models / girls that I continuall y research for my portfolio, researching delicate, unique, mediterranean and nordic sizes.

Please briefly describe your photography style for our readers. My first thing is delicacy. From that word I’ve been created my signature and stamping colors, star ting from pastel colors and mapping. The based pres ets are the Vichy & Baumann Wedding based color grading pal ette, especially them AURA Vol. III coloring scheme Adobe Lightroom Premium Presents. As I hand I perfe cted their colour palette until I arriving at my ow n real finished color tone, unmistakable feature of my pho tographic style.

Where do you get inspiration from? My first inspiring portals are: - w w w.juzaphoto.it - w w w.kav yar.com - w w w.pinterest.com (recently seriously reconsidered for fashion / glamour / beauty outfits / make-up inspirations, light scheme and styles and photograp hic compositions) My personal loved fashion photogr aphers, starting from Italian big ger and emergent photograp hers: @nicholas.fols, @alessioalbi, @revefotografie , @francesco_francia_photography, @martinamariottiph, @niclacentos, @rachelepettarelliph, @emanueledimare_, @umberto.tumminia.ph, @giacomolaz zari__, @giuliotolliph, @giulioalesse, @fabiocassaniph, @raffaeleingegno, @stexmancinelli, @albertobuzzanca, @gaiadiloreto_, and others…

Do you think in advance what you want in the pictur e? I'll be honest, I prefer to to hone my style ever y time slowly. But I started with a solid base and my styl e already started.

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Michela Carpi (Instagram: @michela_carpii) Outfits: ZARA

Would you consider yourself a hobbyist or a paid pr ofessional? This was my first question, continue like a appassionate photographer or become professional. I want to travel and work with this passion ever y whe re and i hope to become a professional soon and earn from my work and experience, but without ending up in ba nality.

What has been your most memorable session and why? Well, my most memorable sessions was started with my dreaming model. Sabrina Barca (Instagram @sabrin a_barca), in the 28th May of this year (2022), she was my best experience and the same day with another beaut iful model: Julia Magrone (instagram @juuliam__). I learned a lot from them, especially from Sabrina, a lso learning many notions and advice that were usef ul to me.

Nikon or Canon? Favorite lens? Canon forever! I have now the Canon 5D Mark IV, fa vorire lenses are the Sigma Art series, the best Lester in the world for me, no t expensive and perfect. I have the 35mm, 50mm and 105mm Art Series, the same aperture F1.4 Canon EF mount, and the Canon L Series of the first 24-70 F2.8L USM .

What is one piece of advice you would like to offer a new photographer looking to start their own busi ness? Don’t start from a high budget, experiment, find yo ur style and the sector of photography. If you want to win you can select a specific genre of the photography and refine it. Don’t do all and in the poor quality , a true artist, initially don’t earn initially, but if you are a va lid photographer and your pictures are unusual and creative you have a good chance to work with it. The second thin g , but first, don’t be competitive! Collaborate, co llaborate collaborare with others, photographers, appassionat e and amateurs, professionals and beginners, compar e with them and experiment with them your art and remember , only you and egoism don’t make a good artist. Collaborations are helpful to confront and meet oth ers that helps you with useful advices.

What do you think of our new magazine? For now nothing but I want to read and think about that. Thanks for the opportunity . This help a lot and makes me verr y happy.

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Sabrina Barca (Instagram: @sabrina_barca) Outfits: IMPERIAL

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Eleonora Diubaldo (Instagram: @eleonora_diubaldo)

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Sara Frattolillo (Instagram: @frattolillosara)

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Claudia Vaccarelli (Instagram: @claudiavaccarelli_) Outfits: Imperial

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Angela Montebruno) (Instagram: @montebrunoangela)

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Giorgia Boitano (Instagram: @giorgiaboitano)

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Vittoria Di Loreto (Instagram: @vittoriadiiloreto) Outfits: ZARA

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Aurora DeAmicis (Instagram: @deamiciss_)

Photographer: Vladic Ciccotosto Model: Chiara Masciocchi (Instagram: @chiaamasciocchii) Outfits: ZARA / SHEIN