Sonia Uniati / Photographer

BIOGRAPHY

I have no romantic stories to tell about how my passion for photography was born, no memories of me as a child holding my parents’ camera, no innate desire to take pictures from the earliest years of life. But I loved to draw, as a child I drew a lot which led me to achieve a high school diploma in art. Perhaps there was already some clue… but I only discovered the passion at the age of 27 almost by chance: one autumn Sunday morning I decided to go to the beach bringing me the old reflex camera and a roll of film for no specific reason.

I have always considered training to be fundamental in any area of ​​life and photography was no exception. Courses and workshops followed that allowed me to first learn the basics and then the more advanced techniques, ranging from various genres: from portraits to still life to reportage. A journey into this art that continues today.

I am a person of few words and perhaps for this reason photography allows me to tell my point of view on the world: the unattended moment, the trace that something is about to happen or has happened. I am looking for the perfect instant, when the world drops all its defenses and shows its beauty in what may seem an insignificant detail to most eyes.