RICCARDO WAS BORN IN THE SMALL TOWN OF CAVA DE TIRRENI, FROM A FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY FOR GENERATIONS. SINCE HIS CHILDHOOD, HE HAS BEEN FRAMING THE REALITY AROUND HIM – A PRECIOUS LEGACY FROM HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER, A PASSIONATE PHOTOGRAPHER. SOONER SAID THAN DONE. THIS FASCINATION TURNED INTO HOMEMADE SHOOTING WITH HIS FRIENDS, DAYDREAMING ABOUT TAKING PART IN GREAT EDITORIALS FOR THE STYLISH MAGAZINES HE HAS BEEN COLLECTING FOR HIS WHOLE LIFE.

FASHION WAS HIS PASSION, BUT PHOTOGRAPHY WAS HIS CALLING. ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO PURSUING HIS DREAM, HE MOVED TO MILAN IN 2016. HE GRADUATED IN PHOTOGRAPHY FROM IED WITH A THESIS ABOUT THE '80S WHILE LISTENING TO LADY GAGA AND MADONNA – ALWAYS A GREAT INSPIRATION WITH HELMUT NEWTON, STEVEN MEISEL, AND FRIVOLITY. HERE HE MET MAHA, HIS CREATIVE PARTNER SINCE THEN. ALSO, HIS FIRST STEPS WERE TAKEN AS A STREET STYLE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR CAMERA DELLA MODA, WHERE HE STANDS OUT FOR HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL. THEN, EVENTUALLY, A FRENCH MAGAZINE BELIEVES IN RICCARDO'S TALENT AND ENTRUSTS HIM WITH SEVERAL ISSUES – THE SPRINGBOARD FOR SEVERAL BRANDS AND MAGAZINES WORLDWIDE. SINCE THEN, RICCARDO HAS BEEN PROMOTING A UNIQUE STYLE, VINTAGE BUT SUPER CONTEMPORARY. ALL THE WOMEN IN HIS PICTURES ARE BEARERS OF A STRONG IDENTITY, FEMININITY, AND SENSUALITY. XOXO