Photographer: Maurizio Galimberti (1956-) Title: Meda, 1999 Original Vintage Polaroid signed and dated by Maurizio Galimberti Measures print: 10,2x10 cm Condition: Fine (see pictures for details) International shipping with tracking number About the author: Born in Como, Italy in 1956. In 1980, he first set foot in the world of Polaroid photography. He says his biggest inspiration comes from Futurism, an Italian avant-garde art movement. Galimberti’s works are celebrated for their unique focus, rhythm, and movement. At the beginning of the 1990s, he began creating his famous mosaics. He reinvented this technique and adapted it for portraits of celebrities from art, fashion, theater and film. In 1991 he began his collaboration with Polaroid Italia, of which he became testimonial with the book "Polaroid Pro Art"; in 1995, which became a real cult object for lovers of the integral type of Polaroid film. Named "Instant Artist", he is the creator of the "Italian Polaroid Collection"; and in 1992 he won the "Gran Prix Kodak Pubblicità Italia" award. In 2000 he presented the exhibition "I Maestri"; for Kodak Italia. In 2003, his portrait of Johnny Depp graced the cover of the British Times Magazine. The "Mosaic"; became his technique for portraying faces, landscapes, architecture and cities.