Dramatic theatre is one of the most intimate and exacting subjects in live performance photography — and one that Mattia approaches with a particular sensitivity. A great theatre photograph does not simply document a production; it distills it — finding the single image that carries the emotional weight of an entire scene. That demands an understanding of how drama works: the stillness between moments, the tension that builds before something breaks, the precise instant when a performance becomes completely truthful. As a trained actor and theatre director, Mattia reads a stage instinctively — which allows him to anticipate rather than react, and to find the images that are faithful to the work and compelling to an audience who has not yet seen it.
