A never-ending surprise…a great emotion! This is how I describe my passion for photography. A relationship born when I was a boy and never ended. It captivated me so much that it has become my job. I love true photography that tells without cheating, that reproduces the magic of a gaze or a heartbreaking landscape.
I was born in Modica, a noble, ancient and in some features modern town, full of history, traditions and contradictions. Its light, its shadows and the velvet touch of the sun going down are always present in my photos. Childhood is deep-rooted in everyone’s soul. No matter how far you go, no matter whom you share your life with, your origins will always be part of yourself. You only need to be willing to listen to them.
I live in Catania, where I attended Principe Umberto di Savoia high school specializing in science. When I graduated from high school, I often travelled seeking “Photography”. I like letting myself get carried away by photography. Most of the time there is neither a precise idea nor a fixed itinerary, but I know that there is always a new destination, something new and different to be discovered, tasted and passed down.
This is exactly what I love and attracts me most in photography. Despite the numerous years and the various experiences I have had, photography can still surprise me.
I have always taken advantage of any chance to travel and go explore Europe. I have taken plenty of pictures, I have met various photographic souls, discovered various viewpoints, numerous lights and atmospheres. I have unconsciously absorbed their being, and all of this has become Marco Ficili today.
My technical education has followed a more conventional path. Thanks to photography schools and courses, I had the opportunity to visit and live in cities like Milan, Florence, London and Berlin.
I like the sea and I go to the seaside every time I can. I love travelling and visiting new places, ranging from smaller and less popular centres to big metropolises of our time. I like playing tennis and I relax reading novels or essays about … guess what? … Photography, of course!
I also have a passion for cooking. I try out and look for new solutions in cooking, as well! Eventually the dishes I prepare are only experiments for my wife and myself… and maybe it is better so!
In 2000 I opened my photography studio in Catania, the city I live in. I started working in advertising, in the publishing industry and studio portrait photography. My staff and I managed to make a niche in traditional wedding photography, by imposing truth and spontaneity as watchwords of our way of conceiving wedding photography.
My clients love my photography services as they stand out for their spontaneous and at the same time evoking style. And I love my clients since they can distinguish, they can appreciate and choose what really moves them.
I had the pleasure to be mentioned, awarded and published by White Sposa and Vogue Sposa.
Did I get any awards? Some, the right ones for an excellent résumé!
What else?