Simone Cecchetti (born September 14, 1973) is an

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. In his career, Cecchetti has been photographing music and entertainment performers in Europe and Japan. His portfolio contains pictures taken in more than 1000 concerts for over 600 artists. His portrait of

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has been chosen for the exhibition "Mick Jagger. The photobook", which was presented in the French photography festival

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in summer 2010. Among other portraits:

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, U2,

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. His pictures have been published on ''

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'', '' GQ'', ''

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''. He works for Corbis, the American image licensing company founded by

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. In 2010 he has been chosen to photograph the mounting and the opening of

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in Rome, the contemporary arts museum designed by

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. In 2011 his ''Visions'' project focused on the artistic content within music shows. In the same year his picture of

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was selected to be in the book ''Music:Box'', edited by Gino Castaldo and published by Contrasto. The same book has been translated and published worldwide by six other publishers. In 2011 Cecchetti started to work with

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, with the aim to transfer his ''

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'' style in

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portraits. In 2012 his pictures are used for some album covers, Niccolo Fabi (Ecco), Marina Rei (La conseguenza naturale dell'errore), Alessandro Grazian (Armi), Roberto Angelini (Phineas Gage), Andy Timmons (Plays Sgt Pepper), Malika Ayane e Japandroids. In 2013, the cover for Una Rosa Blanca (

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) and the pictures from Simone Cristicchi (Album di Famiglia), Fiorella Mannoia (A te),

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(Noi Due), Francesco Forni and Ilaria Graziano (From Bedlam to Lenane), Vinicio Capossela e la Banda della posta,

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(Live and Solo in Pensacola). In 2014 the cover for Alessandro Mannarino (Al Monte),

(The Guitar Mastery of Tommy Emmanuel), Deborah Iurato (Deborah Iurato), Giada Agasucci (Da Capo), Tosca (Il suono della voce), Diodato (A ritrovar bellezza), Fabrizio Bosso e Julian Oliver Mazzariello (Tandem), Fabrizio Bosso e Marco Moreggia (Magic Susi), Ilaria Graziano and Francesco Forni (Come 2 Me). In 2015 the cover of L'amore si muove ("Love Moves") is the fourth studio album by Italian operatic pop trio

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. From 2016 is a Contour photographer for Getty, the American image licensing company. In the 2018, the cover for Zerovskij (

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), Eco di Sirene (

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(Accomplice One) and the pictures for Alt in Tour (

). In the 2019 (

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) for the lp '' Puro desiderio'' , '' Rockstar Mai'' by Young Signorino and

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'' Ballate per uomini e bestie'', directed and filmed the videoclip '' Di città in città (e porta l’orso)''. In 2022 the release of the bio-doc on Sky Arte “Chi è Simone Cecchetti?” introduced by Renato Zero, Fiorella Mannoia, Paul Gilbert, Tommy Emmanuel, Daniele Silvestri, Diodato, Niccolò Fabi, Nina Zilli, Max Gazzè and more. In 2023 the foundation of the “Music Photography Academy”, the first academy dedicated to the music photography and “MONO”, a concept magazine. In 2023 the cover of the album “Live a Studio 33” by Saverio Raimondo, “Bach Transcription” by ( Mario Brunello).

Books

*''Mick Jagger. The Photobook'', Exhibition catalogue, Rencontres d'Arles, Contrasto, 2010, . *''Les rencontres d'Arles 2010 - Du lourd et du piquant'', Editions Actes Sud, 2010, . * Stefano Chiodi e Domitilla Dardi (ed.), ''SPACE. From MAXXI's collections of art and architecture''. Exhibition catalogue, Milano, Mondadori Electa, 2010, . * Cristiana Parrella, ''Kutlug Ataman. Mesopotamian dramaturgies'', Milano, Mondadori Electa, 2010, * Gino Castaldo, ''Music:Box'', Contrasto, 2011, * Christopher Andersen, "Mick Jagger. Gli eccessi, la pazzia, il genio", Sperling & Kupfer, 2012, * Daniel Ichbiah, "Le dictionnaire Rolling Stones", CITY, 2012, * Gilles Lhote, "Rolling Stones, 50 ans après: 50 ans de légende, 50 tubes mythiques", DU ROCHER, 2013, * Giovanni Rossi, Roger Waters. Oltre il muro, Tsunami, 2013, * Billy J Altman, "Mick Jagger: A spectacular Rock Life", White Star, 2013, * Victor Bockris, "Transformer: The Complete Lou Reed Story", Harper, 2014, * Il Volo, Un'avventura straordinaria. La nostra storia, Rizzoli, * Bryan Boyd, "U2. La leggenda", 24 Ore Cultura, 2015, ISBN 978-8866482598 * Iggy Pop, "Til Wrong Feels Right: Lyrics and Photographs", Viking UK, 2019 ISBN 978-0593135976

Exhibitions

*''Mick Jagger Photobook'', July 3 - September 19, 2010,

Arles Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of ...

/ December 3, 2010 - February 13, 2011, Galleria Forma,

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

/ February 22 - March 27, 2011 -

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Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

/ April 9 - May 15, 2011,

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. *''Visions'', February 16–27, 2011, Galleria Ex Roma Club Monti, Rome. *''Mostra personale'', September 7–11, 2011, Pomigliano Jazz,

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. *''Festival'', 11 - 19 maggio 2019, Calcata Fotografia,

Calcata Calcata (locally ) is a ''comune'' and town in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Lazio, located north of Rome by car, overlooking the valley of Treja river. Calcata borders the following municipalities: Faleria, Magliano Romano, M ...

*''Chi è Simone Cecchetti?'', 5 - 12 march 2022, Micro *''Chi è Simone Cecchetti?'', 1 - 31 july 2022, Palazzo Bonacquisti

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*''1000, One thousand fabulous faces'', 21 april 2023 - 5 september 2023, Spazio Field, Palazzo Brancaccio

References

External links

Official website
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