Jacopo Pandolfi

With the late **Anita Pallenberg** the actress, model, style icon of the 1960s – 1970s and former partner of Rolling Stones members Brian Jones and Keith Richards

With **Tim Burgess** frontman of British band The Charlatans

With the late **Howards Marks** – author of *Mr Nice*, the Oxford physics graduate who became one of the UK’s most wanted gangsters

With **Tricky** – the musician, actor and founding member of Massive Attack

Born in Ancona in 1972, I spent 3 years of my childhood in North England and received my first camera as a present from my family when I was 5 years old.

In Manchester with my first camera, 1977

During my teenage years I studied at Liceo Classico Rinaldini in Ancona – where subjects included History of Art, Philosophy, History, Literature, Latin, Ancient Greek, Chemistry and Physics.

While growing up I spent a lot of time with my grandfather, Emo Pandolfi, who was a painter.

He did hundreds of portraits, sometimes commissioned, but also landscapes, still life and religious paintings. He painted every day in his studio from 7am until there was natural light available.

During the fascist era he had been one of the rebels that fought against Mussolini’s dictatorship and puppet regime.

Me and my grandfather while he was painting a landscape in the countryside, just outside Ancona.

My grandfather Emo Pandolfi, self-portrait.

After high school I lived in Bologna where I attended the public photography lectures at the Accademia di Belle Arti.

I also joined their practical photography and darkroom workshops thanks to the course’s tutor who let me participate, despite not being enrolled.

My portraits of Michele, which I took while attending the darkroom workshops at *Accademia di Belle Arti* in Bologna

When I was 22 I moved to London where I completed a 1 year Professional Development Award in Photography and Printing Techniques at the London College of Printing (now London College of Communication) – University of the Arts.

Modelling for a fashion show at the Royal College of Art, London

I then started photographing London’s youth culture, punk, nu-metal and hardcore rock bands – as well as my friends and people around me, while also undertaking commissions from a number of clients.

A large part of my youth culture photography was taken on 35mm negative and slide film with a Nikon FE2 camera in the late 90s – early 2000s.

Bleeding after the moshpit (photo taken by venue’s security)

At the ER, Tottenham Court Road Hospital, before getting stitches (photo taken by the doctor)

With tech entrepreneur Josh Silverman – CEO at Etsy and co-founder of Evite

At the Merrill Lynch Financial Centre in London, with a member of M.L.

At Riverside Studios in London, taking TV stills for a Channel 4 show

The photo I took of Mohammad Ali when he visited London, framed with his autograph which he signed for me on a small piece of paper. I always keep it on my desk as a reminder of his courage when standing up for civil rights and against the war

My solo exhibition at Palazzo Camerata –
which was supported by the *Assessorato alla Cultura* of Ancona

On the grounds of Château *de La Barbée*, 2017

My photographs have been used by, amongst others, The Economist, The Guardian, Arts Council England, L’Espresso, Channel 4, Reuters, Elle, Time Out, URB Magazine, Community Care Magazine, Roadrunner Records, Metal Hammer, AKQA, the Royal Society of Medicine and Royal Society of Chemistry.

They were part of the collective shows “IDENTITY: 40 Years of British Youth and Subcultures Photographs” in Carnaby Street and “Visions of Disorder” at the Levi’s Gallery in central London.

Here is a selection of my commissioned photography work

Here you can see some examples of the professional work I did in the UK for The Guardian/Channel 4

These are some examples of my published images on the Economist, URB, Digit, cover of Community Care Magazine, the cover of a CD (boxer image), and the cover of Russian newspaper London Info.

On the Testimonials page you can read some nice things my clients said about me while I was working in London.

I now live in Italy and I am an investor.

I am working on a new photography art project about prescription stimulants which you can follow on Instagram

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