It has been a special year for me. For the first time since I was 15 I was feeling really good about myself and that made me appreciate much more my friends company. 

Yes, I changed a lot this last year. My insecurity vanished for some months, especially during the summer period, and I felt a particularly strong needing of freedom. I had a lot of life opportunities such as travelling, making new friends, coming upon old friends and partying, new lovers… And I always had my little camera with me. Also the way I took photos changed a lot. I was used to a manual reflex with a 50mm lens and I never used any flash. Last spring I bought a point and shoot camera for a job and I would have never imagined I’d appreciate it so much. That raw language became perfect for catching some very fast moments full of life.

I think it’s connected to my main obsession: death. The more I feel alive, the more I’m scared by the idea of dying, in the end.

The point is that I’m not invisible, I’m just a close friend for most of the subjects of this book. I have a little camera in my hand but they see me as a party companion more than as a photographer.

Yes, you guessed right. Gummo is my favorite movie and I love his work, both with photography and cinema.

To be honest it’s really basic for me, it’s not a refined choice. I see hand-writing and hand-making as the simplest way to create a book. Theoretically you don’t need a computer, a graphic program, a printer, a publisher etc. When I was a child I created some books just cutting paper and writing with a pen. I often take my own childhood as a reference point.

It’s a hard decision. Personally my favorite double page is the one which tells about me, a bit drunk, going with my friend Marta, much more drunk, to pee in the grass. She was so funny, holding some plants trying not to fall down, that I took her some pictures. I also like the double page where I’m in bed with Julius, a german guy I had a crush on.