WORK
13.4932° E
All files delivered as full resolution TIFF scans
Session also printed as 6x8 contact sheet,
bound and boxed
DELIVERY FORMAT
Two consecutive mornings, 6-hour windows
SESSION LENGTH
Shot entirely on Leica M6 using Kodak Portra 400
Lens: 50mm f/2
No flash or tripod used
CAPTURE NOTES
— IMAGE DETAILS
I was asked to photograph a legacy recipe for a third-generation pasta maker preparing to pass his business to his daughter. The request was simple: make the quiet work visible. Over two days, I documented every step, the flour mixing, the resting, the cutting, the shaping, all captured between 5AM and noon, in full natural light. The images were later sequenced into a private editorial record, gifted to the family and archived for exhibition. The dish was tagliatelle, hand-rolled from 00 flour and eggs brought in that morning nothing plated, nothing styled, just honest work, photographed in motion.
All 43 final images were shot on film and scanned in Rome before delivery. Selections from this session were later requested for publication in Il Forno: Traditions in Italian Baking (Vol. IV), Fall 2024.
the
WORK
— DOCUMENTING PROCESS
WHAT WAS BUILT
Signature Archive Session
Naples, May 2024
the RECORD
— Marco D’Angelo, Owner, La Tavola Vecchia
The entire process felt like he was collecting something we didn’t know we were offering. He didn’t stage a single frame. He just watched, and somehow caught everything. The quiet between tasks, the movement of hands, even the way the light fell on the flour. What we received wasn’t just documentation, it was a portrait of our family, told through food.
“What he delivered wasn’t a photo session. It was a memory made visible, honest, quiet, and shaped by the rhythm of our work.”
Naples, Italy
— Delphine Maret, Creative Director, Café Le Silence
We hired Renzo for a concept launch, but the result was more than content. It was a record of our ethos—visualized. He worked quietly, intuitively, and never once directed us. Instead, he read the space. Every image he delivered felt like it had always existed—like he’d simply uncovered it rather than created it. That’s the difference: the work felt authored, not captured.
“It wasn’t just the aesthetic. It was the intention behind every frame—so precise it felt archival, like it already belonged to us.”
02⁰ N
Paris, France
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