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Raphael Rosarilli
@raphael.rosarilli
Landscape photographer based in Switzerland
Seeing things from a different perspective than the human eye got my curiosity early on; I found cameras very interesting and had a strong artistic imagination. This characteristic stayed with me when growing older and I still find myself looking at things in a cinematic kind of way. I often feel like my head is a camera; I always imagine how what I see would look on a photograph or a movie. So even if I am somewhere without my camera, photography is always with me and I keep capturing the things I see.
"I actually think that this is a great way of learning, as it is a sort of practice too."
Like when I practice with my camera or with my phone, I also practice with my mind, creating frames, compositions and imaginative results. To find out what works best for me, I always try out different workflows and techniques. This results in more innovative accomplishments, as I was shooting differently or editing in a way I hadn’t tried before. Music helps me a lot in here, this has always had a huge impact in my life, on everything.
"It was the music label called ‘ghostly international’, that taught me the thinking of the whole and not just in part, as in just music or just the artwork."
Everything has to be one big piece of art and everything has to interact with each other; the music, the artwork, the videos, wallpapers, merchandise, etc. Making music also helps me to develop my creativity: An idea in music can lead to new ideas in photography and vice versa. The project I am working on since 2012 it’s called ‘Cribberz’, it’s basically two of my best friends and me jamming live with synthesizers and drum machines. We never know where the musical journey starts and where it will go, it’s freestyle, we just follow our feelings and intuition. It’s beautiful: We are so much into the moment of creating that it feels like meditation sometimes. Anthony, one of the Cribberz, is also a photographer and often we explore the most beautiful places on this planet together.
I was always out in nature together with my dad and I was in love with the mountains. And I still am. It’s the place where I feel most connected to nature, the Earth, and to myself. Having felt the desires to travel for a long time, at some point I decided to quit my job to travel the world. I started in Nepal, to find myself surrounded by the highest mountains in the world. It was just magical, the feeling I had is indescribable. I had the aim to totally focus on myself during this trip. That was very important for me that time, so I did not even have my professional camera with me. I am happy I didn’t, it has done me so much good.
"If I could go again I would do it exactly the same, but then with a focus on photography as well to capture the landscapes and nature in all its beauty and magnitude."
After that trip to Nepal, I wanted to see more of these powerful places, so I continued exploring. I guess when you start to travel and connect with all those beautiful places owned by Mother Earth, you want to see more and more every day, see what‘s out there to explore. For me, it is important first to contemplate, to feel and to connect. Only after that it‘s all about the photos.
"Besides that it’s healthy to first be present, observe and experience, I believe that it results in better photos as well."
A photo should reflect what I experienced at the moment I took the photo. If you look at my photo you should get the same emotions I had, when I was standing on a cliff, surrounded by a magical landscape and ice cold weather, for example. I like my photos to be realistic and still impressive. I don’t like to over edit shots or to photoshop something into a photo just to make it more striking or imposing, or to get more likes on social media. I want to show my friends and other people what’s really out there, what they can expect when exploring the world like I do. And that’s already magical and breathtaking even without using many editing tools. Each travel I make, each place I discover, fills me with a feeling only travelers can understand.
"We should pay more attention to our marvelous world and we should explore it by ourselves, respectfully, and not just through social media. I hope my photography explains that."
Besides my wanderlust, it’s because of photography I travel to new places all the time. Traveling to other countries, learning new cultures and seeing the diversity of places have had the biggest impact on my personal development, on who I am. Through photography I learned to see things from different perspectives, and this really helped to take on different perspectives regarding my personal life as well. Photography also taught me a lot about being patient… There are so many factors you can’t control, even if you are perfectly prepared. And I am sure there is much more that photography will help me realize, and that travel will teach me. I will be traveling even more, to even more remote places.
"I want to see as much as I can of this amazing world and try to capture it in my own way, with my camera and my heart."
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