Nero Photography
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About us

Nero Photography is a photography studio specialized in wedding photography. Behind the lens are us, Claudio and Salvo: lifelong friends, colleagues by choice, photographers by vocation.

Our journey is rooted in a friendship born in childhood and cultivated with the same care that we put into our work today. We both grew up in Sicily, a land of beauty and contrasts, which has profoundly influenced our visual sensitivity. The passion for art and photography has accompanied us since we were kids and, over time, has transformed into a profession that we deeply love.

Our experience has consolidated over the years thanks to study, observation of the great masters and continuous personal research. Today, we combine our styles and our visions to tell authentic stories, leaving room for spontaneity and emotion.

Claudio has been dedicated to ceremonial photography for years. Author of the book "The Ceremony as a Life", he loves to capture the beauty of the moment without filters or forced poses. His photography is discreet, instinctive, capable of enclosing in a shot all the experience of a moment. Spontaneity is his language, empathy is his tool.

Salvo, with a path that has also taken him into the world of international fashion, including Milan Fashion Week, brings to our work a refined gaze, attentive to detail and composition. His photography enhances what often escapes the gaze: a gesture, a fold, a light. The search for visual harmony is for him a way to make each image unique and timeless.

Together, we try to offer our spouses a natural and respectful photographic experience, which allows them to live the day fully, without interruptions or pretenses. We work with discretion, moving on tiptoe, so that each photograph can be born from a true emotion and tell the authentic beauty of a special day.

Salvo Inghilterra


SALVO INGHILTERRA

He is passionate about social media and graphic design, he specialized in Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania. He leaves the task of telling his images. He hates the absence of emotions in his photographs, predictability.

He has been Art Director in several conferences and art exhibitions at national and international level, as well as exhibitor in solo and group exhibitions.

He is a teacher of shooting practices and post-production in collaboration with AFI Associazione Fotografi Iblei, he has worked as a photographer in several important events.

The study and photographic research have pushed him to follow the "New Italian photography", investigating the new aspects of the language of the image, in particular the role of photography in the context of social networks.

He boasts the prestige of having photographed for important brands at international level for the Milan Fashion Week.

He currently works as a photographer and teacher of Graphic-advertising disciplines and Drawing and History of Art.

He lives between Milan and Sicily.


Exhibitions

 

  • Three-person art exhibition, Contemporary Space, Comiso, 2014;
  • “Iblean Objective. Photographing History”, Chiostro delle Grazie, Vittoria, 2015;
  • “Comiso in a Click”, Bufalino Foundation, Comiso, 2017;
  • Collective art exhibition, Eclectic Art Movement, Ragusa, 2018;
  • “Light Summer”, Culture’s Palace, Catania, 2019;
  • “BiscArt Festival 2020”, Castle of the Princes of Biscari, Acate, 2020;
  • “Sicily in Sight, Iblean Territories”, Ragusa Photo Festival, Ragusa, 2020;
  • “Move to Trash”, Nero Art Gallery, Comiso, 2021;
  • In 2023, one of his photographs taken during Milan Fashion Week was selected by Photo Vogue, in recognition of a gaze capable of combining fashion and visual narration.

www.salvoinghilterra.com

Claudio Castilletti


CLAUDIO CASTILLETTI

He trained didactically at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania in Scenography for new media. He works as a set designer for Italian and foreign auteur films and he has also created several exhibition installations with artists of European and international fame.

In 2015 he began a path of pictorial research on freedom of expression. He specialized in Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vibo Valentia. One of his paintings is exhibited at the Limen Contemporary Art Museum in Vibo Valentia, selected during the International Limen Arte competition.

Since 2016 he has been involved in ceremonial and reportage photography. He studied Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania. He is the author of the book "The Ceremony Like a Life". He currently works as a photographer and assistant to the professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania.

He lives between Catania and Comiso.


Exhibitions

 

  • 2009 “L’arte donata”, an event aimed at raising funds for the construction of a Radiotherapy bunker at the Oncology Division of the Maria Paternò Arezzo Hospital in Ragusa;
  • 2015 “Limen Arte International Award". One of the paintings created is exhibited at the Limen Contemporary Art Museum in Vibo Valentia. Curators Prof. Vincenzo Le Pera, Prof. Giorgio Di Genova, Prof. Lara Caccia, Prof. Giorgio Bonomi;
  • 2017 he participates in the photographic exhibition "Comiso in un clic" with the patronage of the Municipality of Comiso;
  • 2020 he exhibits in the collective art event for the "BiscArt Festival" at the Castle of the Princes of Biscari in Acate with the patronage of the Municipality of Acate;
  • 2020 he exhibits in the group exhibition "Sine Die" in Catania at the Culture’s Palace. Photographic exhibition organized by the "Fondazione Oelle";
  • 2020 he exhibits at Labisi Palace in Comiso for the exhibition "Terra" organized by the artist Giovanni Pace;
  • 2020 he exhibits in Faenza and Parma for the traveling exhibition "Let's do It" sponsored by the Emilia Romagna Region;
  • 2021 he exhibits at Nero Art Gallery in Comiso in a group exhibition entitled "Move To Trash";
  • 2021 he exhibits at Zona Blu in Milan in a three-person exhibition called "C€ Nessuna riforma garantita";
  • 2023 International Photography Awards; "The Ceremony Like a Life", Honorable Mention at the IPA International Competition held in Los Angeles, California;
  • 2023 Tokyo International Foto Awards; "The Ceremony Like a Life", Bronze Medal Winner;
  • 2024 Fine Art Photography Awards; "The Ceremony Like a Life", Mentioned in the People Category;
  • 2025 London Photography Awards; "The Ceremony Like a Life", Gold Medal Winner.


Publications

 

  • Exhibition Catalog “L’arte donata”, 2009;
  • Exhibition Catalog International Award “Limen Arte”, 2015;
  • “The ceremony as a life”, Etabeta Edizioni, 2024.


www.claudiocastilletti.com

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