Patrizio Del Duca was born in Potenza, in the South of Italy, but moved in Tuscany were he now lives on the hills nearby Florence.  A Professional photographer since 1989, he publishes his work in the best travel and geo Italian magazines: Viaggi di Repubblica, Gente Viaggi, Bell’Italia, Bell’Europa, Meridiani, Qui Touring, Ville e Casali, Plein Air, Io Donna, Elle, Vanity Fair, Flair, Plein Air, Plaisir de la Maison, Gardenia, Gentleman di Class, to name but a few. He also works for top companies such as Unicoop and Mercedes.  Patrizio Del Duca is a reporter and travelled the world developing personal projects, as well as doing the commissioned reportages.  In his shots he is always looking for the sharpest light, the magic atmospheres of the sunset, or for the "Blue Light", when - for no more than an instant - the natural and artificial lights are melting in the air.  Patrizio moved to the digital technology couple of years ago.

" In my twenty year career, I've always shot with Olympus cameras. In the beginning it was the mythical OM1, followed by the OM3. The Olympus cameras are my travel-companions around the world, with them I've travelled around Polynesia, India, the Seychelles, USA, Europe, and Africa. A couple of years ago, I moved to digital - thanks to the flexible and easy E1. The decision arose out of my affection to the brand Olympus and my confidence in not having experienced any technical issues for many years.  For me,  the E1 is the natural choice successor to the OM series. I'm very happy with the lenses which are extremely sharp and light; the body, can be handled better than its competitors;  its not heavy,  and has a very harmonic style.  The E1 has 5mp, although  some may say it's not enough  - but enough for me! My photos are very sharp and I'm absolutely happy with the results obtained.  Now I'm moving to the new Olympus flagship E3, which will work side-by-side to my glorious E1!"