William Willinghton

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William Willinghton (25th May 1978) - He has been characterized as heir of the classic Press Photography as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa.^{[citation needed]} In 1993 he started to work as a professional printer and photographer. From 1995 to 2006 he worked together with many photographic agencies, through which he travelled to France, England, Italy, Germany, United States, India e Brazil. At present he works as press photographer for publishers and magazines and teaches Press Photography at the University of Milan. Among his most famous works Italian Lovers (2004), An Italian Village (2005) and Spoon River, ciao (2006). He exposed his works in New York, Tokyo, Paris, Rome, Florence, London, Madrid, Mexico City. His pictures, printed in a limited editon of only ten copies, are preserved in important personal and public collections.^[1]

1 Bibliography
2 Quotations
3 Notes
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Bibliography

2004: Italian Lovers. Texts by Fernanda Pivano and Aldo Grasso, Dreams Creek.
2005: An Italian Village. Texts by Marco Lombardi, Dreams Creek.
2006: Spoon River, ciao. Texts by Fernanda Pivano and William Willinghton, Dreams Creek.

[edit] Quotations

"I photograph to forget" (William Willinghton, 2005)^[2]
"Photography is Love, hate, torment. A Dream stolen from the ocean of time" (William Willinghton, 2004).^[3]
"I live - unfortunately - dreaming of Love" (William Willinghton, about Italian Lovers).
"Above all that we can try to escape from our destiny, from whom we really love, from our ideals, from our fears, but in this way we’ll always be «a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid” (William Willinghton, about Spoon River, ciao).

[edit] Notes

^ About William Willinghton: Photo-Book (Gr), August 2005; Schwarzweiss (D), December 2003; British Journal of Photography (Uk), 14th Febbruary 2001; FotoPratica (I), April 2004; Photo Selection (Cdn), September 2003.
^ http://www.williamwillinghton.com/Biography/interview.html
^ http://www.williamwillinghton.com/Biography/interview.html