Francesca Angrisano
FRANCESCA ANGRISANO: “I built up my career all by myself, and whatever I did, right or wrong, was my own doing, my own choice”
What are your favorite songs you play in your car/at work/bathroom/kitchen right now? : Follow you, Imagine dragons
Who are you? Describe yourself in a few words.: I am a fatalist, convinced that for everything there is an explanation, a reason, a doomed destiny. I am also an incurable dreamer, with my head in the clouds and many dreams to hunt for.
Any plans for the future you would like to talk about ?: I would like to become a famous destination wedding photographer :D lol
Where do you come from? Give us details: I was born in Naples
What move you in this adventure/journey?: Maybe I can just mention a funny memory I had when I was a little child.
Well… every time I went on a trip with my family, I clutched my father’s hand and he used to hang his camera across his shoulder, so unfortunately the camera constantly banged against my head throughout the walk.
This is for me the way photography got into my head.
Is it important to have the support of your loved ones, family, friends?: It has been fundamental, and always will be.
What are you the proudest of?: I built up my career all by myself, and whatever I did, right or wrong, was my own doing, my own choice, with the sole objective of becoming a good, skillful photographer and a good mother for my sons.
One of my rewards, I would say the greatest thus far, was being one of this year's speakers of the Legacy Workshop, in France.
What kind of jobs did you have before your career took off?: I've always been a photographer since I was 18
If you could interview a creative person (past or present), who would that person be? Please explain your choice.: Sofia Loren, she's an Italian actress still alive and I would like to know the secret of her incredible beauty and femininity.
Do you think that creativity involves putting your heart and soul into your work?: Definitely
“I am a free spirit and I want to remain such, I love to wander with the imagination and I feed on creativity, my mind needs to be busy 24 hours a day.”
If you had the chance to live during a different artistic movement other than now, which one would you choose?: 40/50's
Do you believe in destiny?: 100%
Do you think that you would be able to teach what you do?: Even if I think that I have still a lot to improve and to learn, yes why not.
Looking at what you have created in the past, would you change anything today?: I'm a fatalist, so what has been had been
What made you decide to follow a creative career choice (though possibly risky) rather than something more stable?: I am a free spirit and I want to remain such, I love to wander with the imagination and I feed on creativity, my mind needs to be busy 24 hours a day
If you only had 24 hours to live, how would you spend your day?: staying with my family and my sons, hugging them as much as possible
Do you believe that each person has the capacity to be creative? Why?: I believe that creativity is different from "talent"
How do you deal with creativity blocks?: There are days when I feel that I'm not fit for this job, or tired of making this effort, or not talented, or that anyone else is better than me. There are other days when I feel like touching the sky with my finger, and think that I have found the magic formula, and then, the next day my happiness will disappear. But this is the life of an artist.
I have been going on with ups and downs for years and years and always will be.
Is there a particular place where you feel most creative?: Every new places where I shoot in is always a great inspiration.
Do you need to be in a certain mindset to work?: Of course I need to be calm and concentrate on the work.
Who or what has been your greatest inspiration in life? Explain.: Every great Woman who has struggled to stand out and break out of the box with the strenght of her own determination.
What is for you a good story?: The one that has an unexpected ending
Who would you like to read from (Can you put me in touch with this person?)?: My grandmother (not at all, she is no longer alive)
What would be your question to this person?: Are you proud of me?
If you could ask yourself a question, what would it be?: Are you proud of yourself?
And your answer would be ?: I can still improve
ABOUT THE ARTIST
DOB : 24/02/1979
LOCATION: ROME, ITALY
OCCUPATION: WEDDING AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER
Copyright : AUTOPORTRAIT
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