About the Photographer
Paolo Marchesi was born in Italy, and started trout fishing in the Alps when he was four. He worked as an art director in Paris and as a designer in Italy before picking up a camera and moving to California to become a photographer. He now lives in Montana and takes pictures of the things he loves ... fly fishing, climbing, just being outside.

"If you see someone hanging upside down on a granite wall with a camera strapped around his neck swearing in Italian because the light meter ran out of batteries, there's a good chance that's me," he says. "If you see someone crossing a raging river chest high carrying a 4x5 camera followed by an assistant in scuba gear, there's a good chance that's me, too. To make it short, I'll do anything to get the perfect shot.

"Many people like to talk about style. I see style as being nothing else but repetition and a limitation to creativity. My work is always changing. I believe every project has to be approached differently. At the end of a shoot, your results should be a new image and not a repetition of previous work."¿¿

Check out Paolo's web site at www.marchesiphoto.com

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