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From the archives: San Rocco, Arenzano, Aosta. September 2011.

My last name is not Lavezzaro. That is my mother’s maiden surname. I always liked it, and adopted it since I was around 16 (just like my paternal grandfather did for signing his art projects - I didn’t knew that until years later, but that’s another story).

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I had an awesome year, much work, growing, discovering, traveling, settling things up, and - excuse my cheesiness - making dreams come true. But something sad happened, that obscured everything else: After years of struggling against a complicated cancer, my mother passed away. There is not one day that I don’t think about her, and I still miss her so much, there will never be words to describe the feeling.

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Her father, my Nono, a real Lavezzaro, was born on village in North Italy, San Rocco, in 1900.

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He migrated to Argentina during the WWI. Years later he got in contact with his brothers (they were five boys, that, except by another one which didn’t lived long, never left North Italy) and he was always returning there, sometimes with my aunties and my mother. She used to tell me about the time she visited there with a big smile on her face, and specially about her cousin, Nuccia, as she had great memories with her. That is Nuccia nowadays.

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A month ago, my cousin from California (ok, by this point you got it: my family is spread all over) told me he was going there in the following week, and ended up that I could join him. Thanks to him, I met a lot of relatives I didn’t knew so far, and I was able to check where my family and I would be living if my grandfather would have never left -

Garage Casa ChickenDigestivo RenataRoofPerhaps I would be picking grapes too like my Italian family still does, or most likely I would not even exist at all!
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Portraits of my Nono’s parents imageAnd where everyone goes in the end.
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We were also visiting some other cities near by.
Aosta Bech2 Church Random Random2 Street2I have to thank my cousin for being so awesome, and letting me come along. He is some sort of Lavezzaro history keeper, and also the link between our Italian relatives and the rest. I know my mother would be extremely happy to know I was there, and I like to believe, wherever she is now, she is happy if she can feel what I felt over there.
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atomixsuicide :  I would do anything to have a shoot with you babe. Only if I had a way of getting down to London :( One day!

I’d love love love to see that happening! Let me know if you’re ever around! x

Anonymous :  youre very talented, id love to see more, I find it pretty incredible how youre able to capture true realities in your work, Cheers!

Thank you! I suppose you’re British? (by the cheers?). I have more at my website: www.lavezzaro.com xx

17 days to release! Another outtake from my book (link is there open to preorders).
I’m giving away 2 postcards of my prints, the only thing you got to do is chose yours till tomorrow at http://www.facebook.com/LavezzaroPhotography or Instagram @lavezzaro. Go!
Me, ass-directing. 
Picture by Hyden Laura.
At http://lavezzaro.com/the-book/ you can pre-order my book and get 10% off + a thank-you-surprise by ordering till December 11. There are limited packs of postcards also available for purchase. Official release date: 12.12.12
Pre-orders of my book are now open: Get 10% off and a thank-you-surprise by ordering now at http://lavezzaro.com/the-book/ There are limited packs of postcards also available for purchase. Official release date: 12.12.12