Although Giuseppe Pino, like almost all great artists, lived between light and shadow, curiosity and distrust, irony and pessimism — in a constant alternation of emotions — and although uncovering his true soul was never easy, Giulia Borioli, who shared years of life and work with him, paints a portrait that helps us understand who this important photographer really was. Superstudio 13, where he worked for so many years, has now once again become his home.

Had it not been for an inconvenience, Giuseppe Giovanni Pino — one of the most admired portrait photographers in the world — might never have existed.