I might be crazy, but I did it

[Andrea Taurisano]

Inspired by a few photography bars in central Tokyo (ex. Nagune and Kodoji at Golden Gai), frustrated by the lack of dedicated gallery spaces and meeting places for photo geeks in this little city of central Norway, I started my own place, knowing it's going to lose money. I did my math, and even if I sell ZERO, a year of this madness, all included, will cost me less than a new Leica M body. We live only once. And some times way too shortly.

More info here

EDIT / UPDATE: Read how this ended in my post of 13th Sept. 2016.

 

[Vics]

Bravo! Congratulations.

 

[karlin]

great!!
Good luck Andrea !!

 

[semrich]

Way to go! Trust that by word of mouth it will all work out for you.

 

[daveleo]

Go Andrea !
I LOVE crazy people 🙂
I wish you the best year ever.

 

[Rune]

Congratulations!

Unfortunately no plans for visiting Trondheim in the foreseeable future, but if I do, I'll sure come by! We're just some 500 kilometres apart (I live in Oslo), so let us be optimistic and say "ci vediamo" 🙂

 

[FrankS]

Yes, way to go!

We only live once, and often too timidly.

 

[f16sunshine]

Beautiful! Nice job.

 

[OurManInTangier]

You deserve lots of good luck simply for being brave enough to get on and do it.

I wish I was closer or had some spare cash for a visit to Norway!

 

[Gid]

Inspirational! I hope that you are justly rewarded for your risk taking.

 

[robert blu]

Come si dice "La fortuna premia gli audaci!"
Forza...
robert
PS: we say "fortune favors the bold"

 

[Jerevan]

Yay for this!

I would love to be able to do something like this in my own town (well, the nearby town of Gothenburg that is).

 

[Darthfeeble]

Great looking place. On of our Club's members started his own gallery in our little foothill town and is doing quite well. Best of luck.

 

[rhl-oregon]

Good luck and God bless the venture.

Now maybe you should list some prints for sale on RFF so your international friends and colleagues can help support it from afar.

I'd love to see a thread about more galleries like this that are labors of love by the photographers, singly or collaboratively, and describe their aims, setups, responses and (of course!) challenges.

 

[DominikDUK]

Fabolous idea whish you the best of luck. The Location looks great. Keep us updated about the Progress, successes and mishaps.

Is there a Story behind the italian name other than you being italian and trying to lure People in by giving it a name that sounds like it could be a Pizza place (good marketing idea btw).

 

[kuuan]

well done Andrea, truly inspirational! wish you all the best luck, much fun and success

 

[drinkingeye]

all my respect for your decision and engagement! Wishing you all the best!
cheers

 

[Andrea Taurisano]

Is there a Story behind the italian name other than you being italian and trying to lure People in by giving it a name that sounds like it could be a Pizza place (good marketing idea btw).

Haha, nice question! The name I chose for my website when I started it a few years ago, “Il cimento della fotografia”, was inspired by the name of Antonio Vivaldi’s most famous opus, the one containing the Four Seasons. The Italian word “cimento” means excercise, experiment, commitment. And Vivaldi is one of my greatest loves. The funny story that few people know is that his ultra famous work "The Four Seasons" was discovered over 200 years after the composer's death.. (what will happen to my photography too)?

;-)

 

[mfogiel]

It's a pity you are so far away. BTW, you might consider making some books of your photos for sale, like LEM:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lemsgarage/20839759379/in/dateposted/

And if it's not forbidden, put a Nespresso machine in a corner and sell some coffee to the visitors ! Buona fortuna !

 

[Andrea Taurisano]

It's a pity you are so far away. BTW, you might consider making some books of your photos for sale, like LEM:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lemsgarage/20839759379/in/dateposted/

And if it's not forbidden, put a Nespresso machine in a corner and sell some coffee to the visitors ! Buona fortuna !

I have already a few books for sale on Blurb, and am preparing a new and much much better one.

As for the Nespresso machine, it's a good idea. Right now I'm ordering a little fridge, officially for film (but if the photo chat turns out nice, something else may come out of it too..)