Darkrooms Uncovered - Matteo Franchi

A peek into a photographer's mental creative darkroom

What does your creative ritual look like? Do you have specific habits or conditions that spark your creativity?

I don't think I have a sort of ritual. While I have habits when preparing for a shoot, like a checklist to be sure I won't miss/forget anything, I let creativity come and go and just follow the flow to see where it will bring me

When you're feeling creatively blocked, what's your go-to method for breaking through?

I have to say that when I feel blocked, that's a tough wall to get through. I feel I'm in a sort of loop where the less I produce, the less I feel motivated to produce and so on. When it happens I just try to focus on something completely different (last time for example I switched to some coding activities, just for fun and learning) and then get back to my photography with a fresh mind.

Describe a moment when your creative perspective shifted dramatically. What triggered it?

I'm not sure about this one. I mean, I also wrote a dedicated newsletter about my work and how…