MAURIZIO FIORINO
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MAURIZIO I WAS BORN IN CROTONE, A SMALL TOWN LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN ITALY ORIGINALLY COLONIZED BY THE GREEK IN 1984. I STARTED TO TAKE PICTURES AROUND AGE 13 AND I NEVER STOP. THE PHOTOS I TOOK DURING MY TEEN YEARS WERE MOSTLY SELF PORTRAITS. MY WORLD CHANGED WHEN I STARTED TO READ PIER PAOLO PASOLINI AND WHEN I SAW DIANE ARBUS WORK FOR THE FIRST TIME. I STILL CONSIDER THEM MY MENTOR. WHEN I WAS 22 MY FATHER BOUGHT ME MY FIRST DIGITAL CAMERA AND HE TOLD ME 'USE IT LIKE A WEAPON'. THIS IS WHEN I DECIDED TO TAKE PICTURES OF FRIENDS AND LOVERS. I CURRENTLY LIVE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND EUROPE. MY HEROES ARE PEOPLE THAT INSTIGATED CHANGE. I DO NOT TRUST PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAY 'I DO NOT HAVE ANY HEROES I AM MY HERO'. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE HEROES IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN AT LEAST YOU WONT EVER MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES THEY DID.
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