# Simone Cecchetti > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Simone_Cecchetti > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Simone_Cecchetti.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Cecchetti > Source revision: 1356130766 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Italian portrait photographer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox artist | name = Simone Cecchetti | image = Simonececchetti.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|9|14}} | birth_place = [Rome](/source/Rome), [Italy](/source/Italy) | death_date = | death_place = | known_for = [Photography](/source/Photography) | training = | movement = | notable_works = | patrons = | awards = }} '''Simone Cecchetti''' (born September 14, 1973) is an [Italian](/source/Italians) [portrait](/source/portrait) [photographer](/source/Photography). In his career, Cecchetti has been photographing music and entertainment performers in Europe and Japan. His portfolio contains pictures taken in more than 1000 concerts for over 600 artists.{{Cite web | title=Portfolio| work=SimoneCecchetti.com | url=http://www.simonececchetti.com/live/portfolios.htm}} His portrait of [Mick Jagger](/source/Mick_Jagger) has been chosen for the exhibition "Mick Jagger. The photobook", which was presented in the French photography festival [Rencontres d'Arles](/source/Rencontres_d'Arles) in summer 2010. Among other portraits: [Madonna](/source/Madonna_(entertainer)), [Nick Cave](/source/Nick_Cave), [Aerosmith](/source/Aerosmith), [U2](/source/U2), [Depeche Mode](/source/Depeche_Mode), [George Michael](/source/George_Michael), [Lady Gaga](/source/Lady_Gaga), [Elvis Costello](/source/Elvis_Costello), [Bruce Springsteen](/source/Bruce_Springsteen). His pictures have been published on ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'', ''[GQ](/source/GQ)'', ''[Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine))''. He works for [Corbis](/source/Branded_Entertainment_Network), the American image licensing company founded by [Bill Gates](/source/Bill_Gates). In 2010 he has been chosen to photograph the mounting and the opening of [MAXXI](/source/MAXXI_%E2%80%93_National_Museum_of_the_21st_Century_Arts) in Rome, the contemporary arts museum designed by [Zaha Hadid](/source/Zaha_Hadid). In 2011 his ''Visions'' project focused on the artistic content within music shows. In the same year his picture of [ZZ Top](/source/ZZ_Top) was selected to be in the book ''Music:Box'', edited by Gino Castaldo and published by Contrasto.{{Cite web | title=Music:Box| work=ContrastoBooks | url=http://www.contrastobooks.com/vmchk/Catalogo/MUSICBOX.html}} The same book has been translated and published worldwide by six other publishers.{{Cite web | title=Box series Editorial project| work=Le Journal de la Photographie | url=http://lejournaldelaphotographie.com/archives/by_date/2012-11-09/9194/box-series-editorial-project}} In 2011 Cecchetti started to work with [A.S. Roma](/source/A.S._Roma), with the aim to transfer his ''[rock and roll](/source/rock_music)'' style in [sportsmen](/source/sportsperson) portraits. In 2012 his pictures are used for some album covers, Niccolo Fabi (Ecco), Marina Rei (La conseguenza naturale dell'errore), Alessandro Grazian (Armi), Roberto Angelini (Phineas Gage), Andy Timmons (Plays Sgt Pepper), Malika Ayane e Japandroids. In 2013, the cover for Una Rosa Blanca ([Zucchero Fornaciari](/source/Zucchero_Fornaciari)) and the pictures from Simone Cristicchi (Album di Famiglia), Fiorella Mannoia (A te), [Eros Ramazzotti](/source/Eros_Ramazzotti) (Noi Due), Francesco Forni and Ilaria Graziano (From Bedlam to Lenane), Vinicio Capossela e la Banda della posta, [Tommy Emmanuel](/source/Tommy_Emmanuel) (Live and Solo in Pensacola). In 2014 the cover for Alessandro Mannarino (Al Monte), [Tommy Emmanuel](/source/Tommy_Emmanuel) (The Guitar Mastery of Tommy Emmanuel), Deborah Iurato (Deborah Iurato), Giada Agasucci (Da Capo), Tosca (Il suono della voce), Diodato (A ritrovar bellezza), Fabrizio Bosso e Julian Oliver Mazzariello (Tandem), Fabrizio Bosso e Marco Moreggia (Magic Susi), Ilaria Graziano and Francesco Forni (Come 2 Me). In 2015 the cover of L'amore si muove ("Love Moves") is the fourth studio album by Italian operatic pop trio [Il Volo](/source/Il_Volo). From 2016 is a Contour photographer for [Getty](/source/Getty_Images), the American image licensing company. In the 2018, the cover for [Zerovskij](/source/Zerovskij) ([Renato Zero](/source/Renato_Zero)), [Eco di Sirene](/source/Eco_di_Sirene) ([Carmen Consoli](/source/Carmen_Consoli)), [Tommy Emmanuel](/source/Tommy_Emmanuel) (Accomplice One) and the pictures for [Alt in Tour](/source/Alt_in_Tour) ([Renato Zero](/source/Renato_Zero)). In the 2019 ([Teresa De Sio](/source/Teresa_De_Sio)) for the lp ''[Puro desiderio](/source/Puro_desiderio)'', ''[Rockstar Mai](/source/Rockstar_Mai)'' by [Young Signorino](/source/Young_Signorino) and [Vinicio Capossela](/source/Vinicio_Capossela) ''[Ballate per uomini e bestie](/source/Ballate_per_uomini_e_bestie)'', directed and filmed the videoclip ''[Di città in città (e porta l’orso)](/source/Di_citt%C3%A0_in_citt%C3%A0_(e_porta_l%E2%80%99orso))''. In 2022 the release of the bio-doc on Sky Arte “Chi è Simone Cecchetti?” introduced by Renato Zero, Fiorella Mannoia, Paul Gilbert, Tommy Emmanuel, Daniele Silvestri, Diodato, Niccolò Fabi, Nina Zilli, Max Gazzè and more. In 2023 the ''Music Photography Academy'', the first academy dedicated to the music photography and ''MONO'', a concept magazine. An exhibition ''One thousand fabulous faces'' with one thousand different artists taken live in concert opened at '' Palazzo Brancaccio '' for five months. The photo cover for [Saverio Raimondo](/source/Saverio_Raimondo) ''Live a Studio 33'', ''Bach Transcription'' [Mario Brunello](/source/Mario_Brunello), ''Accomplice Two'' ([Tommy Emmanuel](/source/Tommy_Emmanuel)) and the cover of the first ever pop concert at [Teatro Alla Scala](/source/Teatro_Alla_Scala) starring [Paolo Conte](/source/Paolo_Conte), ''Paolo Conte Alla Scala - Il Maestro È Nell'anima'' and the documentary. == Books == *''Mick Jagger. The Photobook'', Exhibition catalogue, Rencontres d'Arles, Contrasto, 2010, {{ISBN|978-88-6965-273-8}}. *''Les rencontres d'Arles 2010 - Du lourd et du piquant'', Editions Actes Sud, 2010, {{ISBN|978-2-7427-9152-1}}. * Stefano Chiodi e Domitilla Dardi (ed.), ''SPACE. From MAXXI's collections of art and architecture''. Exhibition catalogue, Milano, Mondadori Electa, 2010, {{ISBN|978-88-370-7587-3}}. * Cristiana Parrella, ''Kutlug Ataman. Mesopotamian dramaturgies'', Milano, Mondadori Electa, 2010, {{ISBN|978-88-370-7578-1}} * Gino Castaldo, ''Music:Box'', Contrasto, 2011, {{ISBN|978-88-6965-301-8}} * Christopher Andersen, "Mick Jagger. Gli eccessi, la pazzia, il genio", Sperling & Kupfer, 2012, {{ISBN|978-88-200-5304-8}} * Daniel Ichbiah, "Le dictionnaire Rolling Stones", CITY, 2012, {{ISBN|978-2-8246-0185-4}} * Gilles Lhote, "Rolling Stones, 50 ans après: 50 ans de légende, 50 tubes mythiques", DU ROCHER, 2013, {{ISBN|978-2-268-07470-2}} * Giovanni Rossi, Roger Waters. Oltre il muro, Tsunami, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-96131-56-5}} * Billy J Altman, "Mick Jagger: A spectacular Rock Life", White Star, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-544-0763-3}} * Victor Bockris, "Transformer: The Complete Lou Reed Story", Harper, 2014, {{ISBN|978-0-00-758189-4}} * Il Volo, Un'avventura straordinaria. La nostra storia, Rizzoli, {{ISBN|88-17-08348-8}} * Bryan Boyd, "U2. La leggenda", 24 Ore Cultura, 2015, ISBN 978-8866482598 * Iggy Pop, "Til Wrong Feels Right: Lyrics and Photographs", Viking UK, 2019 ISBN 978-0593135976 == Exhibitions == *''Mick Jagger Photobook'', July 3 - September 19, 2010, [Arles](/source/Arles){{Cite web| title=Mick Jagger| work=Rencontres d'Arles 2010. Promenade Rock| url=http://www.rencontres-arles.com/A09/C.aspx?VP3=CMS&ID=A09P1154| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715051426/http://www.rencontres-arles.com/A09/C.aspx?VP3=CMS&ID=A09P1154| url-status=dead| archive-date=2010-07-15}}/ December 3, 2010 - February 13, 2011, Galleria Forma, [Milan](/source/Milan){{Cite web | title=Mick Jagger. The Photobook| work=Fondazione FORMA per la Fotografia. Archivio Mostre|url=http://www.formafoto.it/_com/asp/page.asp?g=m&s=c&l=ita&id_pag={27C28A39-05C7-43EB-B66B-19E016655B8A} }} / February 22 - March 27, 2011 - [Auditorium Parco della Musica](/source/Auditorium_Parco_della_Musica), [Rome](/source/Rome){{Cite web | title=Mick Jagger. The Photobook| work=Auditorium. Mostre|url=http://www.auditorium.com/eventi/4990416 }} / April 9 - May 15, 2011, [Multimedia Art Museum](/source/Multimedia_Art_Museum%2C_Moscow), [Moscow](/source/Moscow).{{Cite web | title=Mick Jagger. The Photobook| work=Moscow House of Photography|url=http://www.mdf.ru/english/exhibitions/moscow/mickjagger_fs11/ }} *''Visions'', February 16–27, 2011, Galleria Ex Roma Club Monti, Rome.{{Cite web | title=VISIONS. La musica per Simone Cecchetti | work= Repubblica XL Videodrome| url=http://videodrome-xl.blogautore.repubblica.it/2011/02/10/visions-la-musica-vista-da-simone-cecchetti/}} *''Mostra personale'', September 7–11, 2011, Pomigliano Jazz, [Pomigliano d'Arco](/source/Pomigliano), [Naples](/source/Naples).{{Cite web | title=Mostre e Performance artistiche | work= Pomigliano Jazz| url=http://www.pomiglianojazz.com/?page_id=1347}} *''Festival'', 11 - 19 maggio 2019, [Calcata Fotografia](/source/Calcata_Fotografia), [Calcata](/source/Calcata) *''Chi è Simone Cecchetti?'', 5–12 March 2022, Micro {{cite web|title=Chi è Simone Cecchetti?|url=https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2022/03/13/news/fotografia_simone_cecchetti_intervista-341040536/|work=Repubblica}} *''Chi è Simone Cecchetti?'', 1–31 July 2022, Palazzo Bonacquisti [Assisi](/source/Assisi) *''1000, One thousand fabulous faces'', 21 April 2023 - 5 September 2023, Spazio Field, Palazzo Brancaccio [Rome](/source/Rome) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Official website}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cecchetti, Simone}} Category:Photographers from Rome Category:Rock music photographers Category:1973 births Category:Italian portrait photographers Category:Living people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Simone Cecchetti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Cecchetti) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Cecchetti?action=history)). 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