Being an artist is cool, managing your time and all that jazz… but sometimes I wonder how is to work in an office, I never did it

I am happy with very simple things, a nice meal, a good time with people I love, being home with family and things like that. I feel always happy after a day of productive work

Getting old alone and in need of help

What is the trait that I most deplore in myself?
I am a little lazy (italian style) and I’d like to be able to dare more sometimes

My heroes are all dead…. I haven’t found new ones in the current days

I am not really an extravagant person, but I am remembered and recognized for things I do in my work

To not hurt someone

The business around the creative part

When digital photography wasn’t arrived yet and photograhy was still an art of a cultured elite and I was really part of it.

Pretty much happy but hey, who wouldn’t like to be beautiful, more smart and all these things?

Years ago I would have said to have reached and being choosen by the most important magazines such as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar (which I have worked for both), but now I feel my mind kinda opened and I am always trying to explore new fields such as motion pictures, illustration and many more.

To not worry about working and having the time (the most precious thing) to study and learn only what I like

I feel good in LA but sometimes I’d like to go back to Italy as well

I don’t really have a material thing I am attached, I would say maybe my sketchbooks or paintings

People think I am charming, and I am obviously flattered about that!

I like working on my stuff in the coffee shops like in the best LA tradition

Frank and Musso Grill, a typical Old Hollywood restaurant

“The Master and Margarita” of Michael Bulgakov, for the visionary aesthetic, “Dance Dance Dance” by Murakami Haruki, for the same and I would add “Coldheart Canyon” an old hollywood noir ghost story… maybe one of the books who pushed my moving to LA

I really like many different sci-fi writers such as Clive Barker, Dan Simmons, Ursula Le Guin, they all have a strong power in descritions and surreal landscapes and situations.

Italian music of the late 80’s and early 90’s, maybe Milva “A cosa pensi”

Flash Gordon

Company owners who give people a real job finding what they are good in doing.

“Mulholland Drive” by David Lynch and “Don’t torture a duckling” by Lucio Fulci

I have always been in contact with art, from my studies at university until now and it is always present in everything I do… some people told me my movies look like living paintings and it’s actually my goal, while I take inspiration from the old maestri of the painting to create my photo images….

I don’t know, I get support from all my friends and I am grateful for that

With a clothing company as designer and with a great magazine as illustrator. I have done enough with photography. Maybe directing another feature film as well!

Less creative and more business oriented people! It’s what I need 🙂

I look forward to grow up as fashion illustrator and to move my step into the fashion design with a clothing collection

My website www.jacopomanfren.com is pretty much updated even if a mess! My instagram @jaygoestohollywood as well

I find hard to keep my passions alive, I get bored very easily and I have to work hard to not loose the inspiration

Domiziana Giordano

Ireen Zielonka

Ilya Zomb