Siciliano dal 1982, dopo una laurea in pubblicità a Perugia si trasferisce a Milano. Lavora inizialmente come assistente fotografo e parallelamente ai progetti personali di ritratto, dove utilizza personaggi/attori per inscenare i suoi soggettivi tableau vivant. 

A professional and passionate photographer, he collaborates with major international editorial offices and agencies that have brought him recognition in the advertising and fashion world. At the same time, he has pursued a personal artistic journey for years, with a deeply intimate approach. Following his own sensitivity, he has created an ever-evolving collection of shots that express the authentic essence of his gaze, revealing an eclectic interpretative ability.

Massimo was born in Reggio Emilia in 1968 and has been capturing what surrounds him since childhood, and since then, he instinctively recognizes his shots when he is filled with a state of inner calm and tranquility. This spontaneous and immediate detachment has always been a constant in his work, not coincidentally, he is a representative of the “Istintiformativismo” movement founded by artist Flavio Renzetti.

He defines himself as someone fascinated by what remains aesthetically unchanged and silent over time.

Among his numerous exhibitions:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 1998 Solo Exhibition, sponsored by Max Mara, London.
• 2006 Solo Exhibition at Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia.
• 2007 European Photography Week, Reggio Emilia.
• 2008 Mois de la Photographie, Selective Art Gallery, Paris.
• 2008 Solo Exhibition at Galleria Candido, Lecce.
• 2008 Solo Exhibition at Palazzo Ducale, Parma.
• 2010 Danza per un corpo libero, Art Inside Gallery, Città Della Pieve (PG).
• 2011 Armonia Discors, Marina di Scarlino (GR).
• 2012 Guzman Contemporanea, Guzman Powder House – Tenuta Uccellina, Orbetello.
• 2012 Solo Exhibition – Simona Marchetti, Lecce.
• 2016 Viaggio a testa in giù, European Photography OFF Circuit, Atelier Marchisio, Reggio Emilia.
• 2018 Armonia Discors, Complesso delle Mura Medicee -Casette Cinquecentesche, Grosseto.
• 2022/23 Sentire la luce, FIDIA Art Gallery, Villino Pastorelli, Grosseto.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2007 sOGGETTI Project, European Photography Festival, Reggio Emilia.
• 2008 Danza per un corpo libero: mutazioni su sfondo nero, European Photography Festival, Reggio Emilia.
• 2009 Bologna batte Berlino, Oltredimore Gallery, Bologna.
• 2009 Danza per un corpo libero, MUTAZIONI B+N, Selective Art Gallery, Paris.
• 2009 Danza per un corpo libero, ARTO’ Art Fair in Open City, Rome.
• 2010/11 Preview, quattro artisti a confronto: Costoli, Renzetti, Cresti, Marchesa, Italo Calvino Library, Castiglione Della Pescaia (GR).
• 2011 Tramonto d’Estate, B_Vedetta – Scarlino (GR).
• 2011 L’Armonia dei Contrasti come legge universale della Natura, Marina di Scarlino (GR).
• 2011 Polemos e Logos: l’Armonia dei Contrasti come legge universale della Natura, TE.PO.TRA.TOS Museum, Monticchiello (SI).
• 2012 Dal concetto alla Forma, i percorsi interiori della creazione artistica, Polveriera Guzman Museum, Orbetello (GR).
• 2013 Primal Energy Off, Tenuta Agricola dell’Uccellina, Parco della Maremma, Magliano in Toscana (GR).
• 2022 OLTRE – Dalla Rivoluzione della Macchia al Postmodernismo, Event Exhibition, Museo del Castello, Piombino (LI).

Stefano Casiraghi is born in 1985 in Milan, the city where he still lives and works. His interest in photography starts while attending University, and while juggling exams and exhibitions, he decides what his path will be: to interpret the world through a lens. After a degree in Industrial Design, he starts to work as assistant to some of the most prominent Italian and international photographers learning the many aspects of photographic production. He likes to work with people, and he is particularly fascinated by faces, expressions and movement.