I just came back from a short journey to Madrid. Well, the city is simply amazing, the people are very friendly and fortunately the hostel was placed in the real centre of the city, in a street named “Gran Via”, very close to la Puerta del Sol and the main touristic attractions (Prado Museum, Reina Sofia Museum, Thyessen gallery, Parco del Buen Ritiro, Atocha Central Station and much more). We slept there for two nights, from Friday to Sunday.

When we arrived at the hostel, we said we were Italian and everybody at the reception loughed off Berlusconi. What a shame to be Italian when you travel! After all, It has been a good opportunity to speak a bit of university base Spanish. Low cost airplanes are nice, but seats are a bit tight. The weather was luckily good, 18° with rare sudden rains. Prices were sensibly cheaper than Milan, and the famous “movida” really exists.

Sure, I took pictures, and I’m working on it (up here you can see a little preview).

You should go there guys!

2008

2006

BBC.co.uk (England) just published my eight pieces reportage called “European Views” on its website. What a Joy! Thanks to Emma from BBC for the kind words.

BBC News In Pictures: News stories and topical issues using the most striking images from around the world, plus a chance to submit your pictures.

View more on my Flickr stream

Shot: 15/03/2009
Postprod: 02/02/2010
Place:  Palasharp, Milano (Italy)
Model: Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)
Photographer: zOnk Volta

Shot: 04/04/2009
Postprod: 02/02/2010
Place:  Alcatraz, Milano (Italy)
Model: Francesco "Kekko" Silvestre (Modà)
Photographer: zOnk Volta

Shot: 15/06/2008
Postprod: 29/01/2010
Place: Milano
Model: Silvia
Photographer: zOnk Volta

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watch the slideshow

Shot:10/11/2008
Postprod: 11/01/2010
Place: Palong Village (Thailand)
Model: Children
Photographer: zOnk Volta
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Other “must watch” movies I haven’t had enough time to watch are:

1. 2012 (I’m ion love with Maya’s prophecies)
2. The picture of  Dorian Gray (I finished the book a couple of days ago)
3. Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (everybody speak well about it)

I definitely MUST get used to go to the cinema every week …

.. and if you love vintage synths like me, have a look here …

In the last rainy days I began to record some new tracks for the next Seaside Project’s EP. And everytime it happens, I suddenly re-fall in love for the old school synths like the fabolous Moog’s products. Obviously real 70′s synthetizers are a dream for me, they are really expensive, and I have to be content to play them “virtually”. But one day I’ll own one of these.

I love Moog MiniMoog!

(DUP.ee) n. A depressed urban professional; a person who once had a high-status or high-paying job and must now work in a menial or lower paying job.

I was looking at the flyer I made this afternoon for the next Seaside Project’s show. I shot the pic in 2008 in Thailand… It looks so “Apocalypse Now” style. Isn’t it? So I modified it as a wallpaper to fit my monitor. It looks great!

Have a nice shopping!

• http://www.webstudio22.com/emanuelebarboni/Zonk_Volta_Blog_02012010

This afternoon I worked a bit on the design of the blog. I changed the homepage’s header (look at me, with my hair in the wind hi hi hi) and I deleted some unnecessary stuff as categories, images and old posts. I also ordered and changed something on the sidebar. As I already wrote, there’s also a new page in the blog called “discography”.

Some colors changed but the most important changes are about the post titles, rendered as images with a particular chosen font (Helvetica, in my case):

I also updated the portfolios with brand new pics (only the first two: PEOPLE! and STAGE!).

Have a nice day!

Now I go, I’ve got tons of images to work on!

PS: RSS readers, have you seen the new sarcastic footer?

Cowabunga!

Hello dudes! I’m @ home for a while now (no “real” work for a couple of weeks), so I’m working hard on some gorgeous stuff…

First of all:

- pics. I MUST retouch tons of pictures for a “physical” project that will be out soon. I divided the “great” job into two categories: STAGE! and PEOPLE! Down the page you can see some examples of the works.

Second:

- music. I’m recording the tracks for the new Seaside Project’s EP. It will be out (free download) at half January. It will be a 4 tracks album … really 80′s oriented. I began these tracks two months ago, before my pc left me. After its resurrection, I had to re-install the whole software…Hard work, but I’ve been pretty happy when I could listen to the tracks after months!

Third:

- study. Well, I’m keep on studying grammar and graphics for my teaching job. I love it. I must be prepared for my pupils

Last (but not least)

Tomorrow is the last day of the year! So, I’d like to wish you a GORGEOUS 2010 full of music, pictures and great novels!

See you next year! Emanuele

another Christmas has gone and I’d like to wish you all the best for you and your relatives too. 2009 has been a bitter/sour year … I graduated, I did a lot of new experiences but the path hasn’t always been so easy. Maybe it’s just called Life. Well, I’m working hard on new stuff … the key for my 2010 will be “Less software, more hardware”, and it means that as an artista I begin to feel the necessity to turn my digital world into physical stuff. And share it with you. It’s a long journey, sometimes difficult as I’m working on it on my own, but we’ll see the results soon.

So, thank you for following me on the Net, let’s keep in touch and enjoy these Christmas holidays with your beloved.

Love

Emanuele

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Estimados lectores:

otra Navidad se ha ido y me gustaría desearle todo lo mejor para usted y sus familiares también. 2009 ha sido un amargo / año amargo … Yo me gradué, hice un montón de nuevas experiencias, pero el camino no siempre ha sido tan fácil. Tal vez se le llama simplemente la vida. Bueno, estoy trabajando duro en material nuevo … la clave para mi el 2010 será “Menos de software más hardware”, lo que significa que como un artista que empieza a sentir la necesidad de dar vuelta a mi mundo digital en la materia física. Y compartirlo con usted. Es un viaje largo, a veces difícil, ya que estoy trabajando por mi cuenta, pero vamos a ver los resultados pronto.

Por lo tanto, gracias por seguirme en la Red, vamos a mantenernos en contacto y disfrutar de estas vacaciones de Navidad con su amada.

Amor

Emanuele

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Cari lettori,

un altro Natale è passato e vorrei augurare a tutti voi il meglio per voi ei vostri familiari. Il 2009 è stato un anno agrodolce … Mi sono laureato, ho fatto un sacco di nuove esperienze, ma il percorso non è stato sempre così facile. Forse è solo vita. Beh, sto lavorando a cose nuove … la chiave per il mio 2010 sarà “Meno software, più hardware “: significa che come un artista comincio a sentire la necessità di trasformare il mio mondo digitale in realtà fisiche. Per condividerlo con voi. E ‘un lungo viaggio, a volte difficile, perchè ci sto lavorando da solo, ma spero vedremo i risultati in tempi brevi.

Quindi, ti ringrazio per seguirmi in Rete, e ti auguro di passare felicemente queste vacanze di Natale con i tuoi cari.

Love

Emanuele

Cippa//Punkreas

Cristina Scabbia//Lacuna Coil

Walter Clemente//Deasonika

And there’s a warm wind of change blowing out of my window.

A couple of informations:

• Did you know you can easily follow me via rss? Here is the link to follow my stream http://www.webstudio22.com/emanuelebarboni/feed/.
• Did you know that you can translate my blog pages in many foreign languages (maybe your too) ? Check out the right sidebar of the blog!
• Now you can view my flickr photostream in black! http://www.flickriver.com/photos/emanuelebarboni/

Hope to hear about you soon!

Shot: 26/09/2009
Postprod: 06/12/2009
Place: Milan
Models: Carlotta aka Ginny
Photographer: Emanuele Barboni
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Carlotta is a blond teenager from Milan. She loves hip hop, arts and being with friends.

Hi mates! Let me give you this  “Picture of the Day” I’m working hard on Flickr for the “Cleanup mission”. It’s a hard and dirty work. I had to do it earlier. I’m deleting some really old and meaningless sets. Now only 2.663 pics are avaible in the archive! Meanwhile .. I began to work on some “ol’good stuff”. Here is The Nast band, shot in 2007, November.

A little summary of the workflow:

mission starts from  —> 6.981 pics —> 3.262 —> 2.000 (c.a.) pics —> add tags to images —> find out a better “sets” and “collections” organization —> fix the blog with missing images —> optimize and speed up the blog (it’s so slow, isn’t it?)

If you can’t see embed images on the blog, don’t worry: I’ll fix the issuu once I cleaned my Flickr portfolio.

Have a nice evening!

Cowabunga!

PS: works on the archive seem longer than I though, and I also have problems with embed pictures on the blog. I hope to fix it soon …

whatch the entire set here

It sounds like “Keep the best, trash the rest”.

Why I’m doin’it?

#1 – To grant high quality standards to my followers
#2 – Initially Flickr meant to me to be something like an archive. Now I prefer to use it as a portfolio.
#3 – Less picture = more attention
#4 – Last but not least: styles change, artist change, ideas change, so some pics don’t represent my job anymore

For a few days emanuelebarboni.info and my Flickr account will be unavaible (or partially avaible).

I’ll inform you when the cleanup will be finished!

Cowabunga !!!

Il futuro sono i bambini, che vanno tutelati e rispettati, amati e capiti, istruiti e messi in condizione di pensare con la propria testa. Questa è la mia visione.

Se vi va di votare il mio scatto, questo è il link http://it.promotions.yahoo.com/samsung-one-for-everyone/concorso.html?playcode=draprosath

L’Associazione Socio-Culturale OcchiettiNeri bandisce il Concorso Fotografico 2009 a tema per la sesta edizione del Calendario OcchiettiNeri. Le migliori fotografie saranno inserite e pubblicate nel Calendario Occhiettineri 2010.

“Gent.mo Partecipante,
è con estremo piacere che annunciamo la proclamazione dei Vincitori del Concorso Fotografico OcchiettiNeri 2009. I 13 scatti più belli e rappresentativi andranno a comporre il Calendario OcchiettiNeri 2010. Ci congratuliamo con i vincitori ma anche con tutti i partecipanti che hanno reso possibile questa competizione. Le opere giunte sono tutte di gran valore, purtroppo tra migliaia solo in 13 potevano essere le vincitrici!”
Concorso Fotografico “OcchiettiNeri”
2^ Edizione – Anno 2009

• Titolo e Tema “L´Amore”
• Formato A3 piegato, spillato al centro, fori sopra e sotto
• Tiratura 1000 copie
• Stampa Off-Set in tipografia
• Distribuito da OcchiettiNeri

I 13 vincitori e i mesi.

Copertina: Cristina Cappelletti, Firenze
Gennaio: Marta Bevacqua, Roma
Febbraio: Marino Carulli, Piossasco (TO)
Marzo: Ferdinando Piezzi, Cadoneghe (PD)
Aprile: Carina Ienco, Roma
Maggio: Basso Fiorilli, Termoli (CB)
Giugno: Simone Francesco Cusolito, Milano
Luglio: Alberto Sechi, Torre di Mosto (VE)
Agosto: Emanuele Barboni, Milano
Settembre: Eduardo Varcasia, Cassano Ionio (CS)
Ottobre: Debora Antonaci, Ponte (BN)
Novembre: Angela Trovato, Acicatena (CT)
Dicembre: Roberta Tancredi, Cosenza

Cosa fa OcchiettiNeri
L´Associazione socio-culturale OcchiettiNeri identifica diversi settori di interesse e attività:

- Antidiscriminazione, Solidarietà, Utilità Sociale.
- Culturale, Ricerca, Divulgazione
- Aggregazione Sociale e Svago.
- Ambientalista

Le iniziative organizzate nel corso degli ultimi anni sono state le seguenti:

Cultura
- Mostra-Convegno “Appunti biblio-tematici di cultura Arbereshe”
- Percorsi eno-gastronomico culturale
- Concorsi e serate di Poesia
- Pubblicazione del Florilegio 2007
- Corto-Festival OcchiettiNeri 2007
- Concorso di fotografia
- Promozione di video-clip musicali
- Istituzione della Biblioteca-Mediateca OcchiettiNeri
- Approfondimenti su luoghi, tradizioni e costumi della nostra Regione, al fine di promuovere la cultura Calabrese.
- Creazione del Portale OcchiettiNeri.it, punto di convergenza tra l´Associazione e il mondo.

Sociale
- Campagne di utilità sociale e di sensibilizzazione dell´opinione pubblica a tematiche quali l´adozione dei bambini di Chernobyl, i rischi legati alla Canicola, sostegno alle famiglie dei traumatizzati cranici.
- Calendario OcchiettiNeri (anni 2005 – 2006 – 2007 – 2008) per la raccolta fondi devoluti all´Oasi Francescana di Cosenza e al piccolo Riccardo Pio d´Avanzo, colpito dalla Sindrome di West.