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Francesco Pinzauti Author

Francesco Pinzauti was born, and has lived in Florence since 1968. After completing school, he began working in his uncle’s goldsmith’s shop as a gem setter. He approaches photography at a very young age using his father’s reflex camera. He married Barbara in 2010, in 2012 he had a daughter, Adele, ‘the crowning glory of a life’ and the reason for this photographic book. Today he teaches in schools and continues to practice as a craftsman.