Biography
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ART OF MIRCO BASSO IS THE ESSENCE AND THE PLACE OF HIS SOUL.
FOLLOWING INSPIRATION AND PERSONAL IMPULSES, HE SUCCEEDS IN BECOMING AN EMOTIONAL MEDIUM BY CATCHING AND STOPPING THE REAL IMAGE THROUGH HIS LENS. HE FIXES ‘THE FLEETING MOMENT’ WITH HIS CURIOUS AND SENSIBLE EYE USING CAMERAS, WHICH HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED FOR A LONG TIME ONLY MECHANICAL AND MANUAL INSTRUMENTS. IN THESE THIRTY YEARS, HIS CAMERA HAS BECOME HIS NATURAL APPENDIX, WITH WHICH HE CAN CATCH EVERY SINGLE AND UNIQUE ‘EPIPHANIC MOMENT’ THE WORLD GIVES HIM.
HE DEFINES HIS STYLE AS ‘VISUAL JAZZ’, FROM HIS LOVE FOR JAZZ MUSIC, BECAUSE OF THE PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN HIS TECHNIQUE AND IMPROVISATION THAT DISTINGUISHES IT. OBSERVING REALITIES, PROFESSIONALLY AND SENTIMENTALLY CLOSER TO HIM, MIRCO BASSO IS APPRECIATED FOR THE PASSION, THE FRANKNESS AND THE SINCERITY THAT SHINE THROUGH HIS WORKS, WHETHER HE WORKS ON REQUEST OR FOR HIS PERSONAL NEED OF ART. HE ALWAYS PREFERS TO USE PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM INSTEAD OF THE DIGITAL CAMERA BECAUSE HE LIKES ITS TACTILITY AND THE ANXIOUS WAIT FOR THE FINAL SHOT AND HE NEVER SURRENDERED TO THE EASINESS OF THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY UNTIL RECENTLY.
HE SIMPLY SEES WITH HIS CAMERA, MINDFUL OF HIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE TRADITIONAL METHOD, THAT DIDN’T ALLOW MISTAKES AND NEEDED CLEAR IDEAS OF TECHNICAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS PERSPECTIVE AND FRAMING, SPEED OF FOCALIZATION AND REGULARIZATION OF STOP AND EXPOSURE. HE IS A REVOLUTIONARY IN THE SURVEY OF PHOTOS AGAINST THE LIGHT. HIS WORKS, THANKS TO THEIR ‘EVANESCENT AND MUSICAL TONE’, ARE IN OPPOSITION WITH THE SHORTSIGHTED ATTITUDE TO OBSERVATION OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. THE CHARMING CHARACTER OF HIS PHOTOS ORIGINATES FROM THEIR STRONG EVOCATIVE POWER AND FROM THE HIGH TECHNICAL ABILITIES THAT PENETRATE THE HETEROGENEOUS AND COMPLEX LANGUAGE OF THE CONTEMPORARY ART GIVING AN EMOTIONAL MAPPING OF REALITY. (TESTI TRADOTTI DA ALICE ZARDO) (TESTO CRITICO DI SIMONA CLEMENTONI)
