About Maria Cristina Madera

I was born in Rome in 1972.
Since I was a child I had a strong interest for the painting and the figurative arts.
An important stimulus for my artistic growth has been given by my teacher, the painter Francesco Vaglica, with which I studied for three years the rules of paintin
The meeting with the photographer Riccardo Guglielmin in 1997 has been conclusive for the rediscovery of a passion soothed for some years.
At that time photography became a constant in my life, fed from a strong sensibility and from a great interest for the portrait.
Love for the expressive immediateness characterized my production and lead me up, in 2002, to Sydney in Australia. Here I took part in the "Gay Games" as official photographer of the Italian swim team.
A part of my job includes the photographic documentation of surgical interventions on cranio facial malformations.
This allows me to unite my greatest passions, the ones for the medicine and surgery, and the photo as tool of documentation.
As a systemic counselor, sometimes I also use photography when working with my clients. Photographs very often says very important things that are hidden beyond the surface of everyday life.

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