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This is the new blog of Fabien Butazzi aka @fabienb.

Fabien is a Creative, a Digital Nomad, a Photographer and an Entrepreneur.
Over the last 25+ years he’s worn many hats: Creative Director, UX Lead, DesignOps Manager, Designer, Photographer, DJ & Radio Host, Public Speaker, Food-blogger… His work has won awards and has been exhibited around the world.

In a time without social media, he started as the first Italian male food-blogger and grew his blog to an impressive 50K unique visitors per day, becoming one of the first influencers to work with brands.

Today, he’s back with a new adventure and he’s inviting you to follow along on this blog and a YouTube channel.
Welcome my friend.

I offer you a unique photographic experience in London, via AirBnB

Fancy street, cityscape and night? My itinerary covers it all and I will show you how to capture that perfect moment and make it Instagram-worthy.
My goal for you is to go past the traditional postcard and see the city in a different way.
The itinerary is conceived in a way to cover all genres in any weather and I'll share the exclusive view you only get from locals.

Note: If no bookable date seems available, feel free to inquire anyway as I may still be able to accommodate you.

Check dates and availability

2022

January

14-16Athens
Blank Wall Gallery
21-31Chicago
Bridgeport Art Center
Photographer Of The Year
28-30Berlin
BBA Gallery

February

01-18Chicago
Bridgeport Art Center
Photographer Of The Year
18-20Johannesburg
FotoZA Gallery
24-26New York
Agorá Gallery
Landscape & Black and White Photographer Of The Year

March

25-27Barcelona
Valid World Hall

April

05-10Bangkok
Art & Culture Centre
16-19Manila
Modeka
29-01Budapest
PH21 Gallery

May

06-08Limassol
6x6 Centre For Photography

June

09-12Stockholm
Galleri Kontrast
30-05Hanoi
Matca

August

18-20Montreal
Gallerie Gora

October

7-9San Diego
Sparks Gallery
Travel Photographer Of The Year
28-30Barcelona
Valid World Hall

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Jul 7

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I read somewhere that the English-speaking people are the worst at learning new languages because theirs is so universal that they don't even bother to try.
Myself (not English), if I could only choose one superpower, it would be to speak all the languages in the world.
But not knowing one language (or having extremely limited knowledge) has never prevented me from communicating with locals.
It happened for example in Seoul, where I spent a couple hours photographing sunset with a 76 years old fantastic man who knew no English (and I know no South Korean, other than hello and thank you). We communicated first with hands and face expressions and then with google translate on my phone.
And it's happened with this brilliant man in Barcelona who accepted to have his portrait taken under this gorgeous morning light (also, the detail of the morning absinthe...). Again, he didn't even try to speak anything other than Catalan 😁

I will cherish photography forever for it makes me connect with people in unimaginable ways, breaking every possible barrier. 😍
This is what today's portrait means to me.

Bye

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Jun 24

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I haven’t always been one to ask strangers if I could take their portraits in the street. And even if now it gets a tad easier and I always use the same tips I already told you in my YouTube video, I’m still very much a shy individual and just walk away without taking the photo.
Then when I do take the photo, there’s a whole lot of other issues tied to shooting in the street: crowds, light, ugly backgrounds, etc. And because I love to shoot in harsh light (simply because I love to be out when it’s sunny and hot), the person in front of my camera would probably like to protect their eyes, making eye contact one more challenge.
So when I went back home and saw that in this image I could actually see one eye looking right at me, I was over the moon.
This dude was already a phenomenal subject, and now I got his eye in the shot! YESS!
So here’s one more portrait for you. I haven’t been too prolific with social media lately (have I ever been?) but I’ll try to catch up now because I have so much content to share. It will happen :)

Thanks for now.
Bye

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May 26

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So I guess it’s going to be portraits now… I’ve taken a few lately and I’m really enjoying finally being able to overcome my “fear” of strangers in the streets. It’s odd because in my travels I long for the human connection, to meet new people and embrace new cultures. And yet, as a photographer, it was always hard to simply ask. There’s always the fear of rejection, but in the end is it such a bad thing? Of course it’s a shame if a person who would make for a fantastic portrait decides they don’t want to be photographed, but it’s in their rights. But more often than not, people actually say yes and it can even be a conversation starter (even if you don’t speak each other’s language, it’s happened).
I will still take candid shots when it seems right to do it, but I’m more than happy to ask someone for their consent or to pose, 100%

I did publish a video on YouTube on my tips to photograph strangers, the same tips I followed myself to approach people successfully. I will soon make a follow-up because I want to talk about some other aspects of shooting in the streets.
I just need to finally finish the Istanbul video that is taking forever (200+ clips, 4+ hours, …) and then I’ll move to that.

In the meantime, portraits time. And you may have noticed in the stories that self-portraits are making an appearance too… who knows where this will lead me… 😅

As always, feedback is very much welcome and appreciated.
Cheers

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Apr 5

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Of course I had to find a way to shoot one of my sun alignments in Istanbul as well! It is unfortunately a bit too late in the year to photograph the sunrise I wanted against Ayasofya but there are still a couple ideas I want to explore if the weather cooperates.
Here I found this alignment with the sun setting behind the Galata tower and to me it's interesting that this comes straight after the One Canada Square I did in London just before leaving (it was in my Stories but may find way to the feed too eventually) because it's pretty much the same pointy shape.

I met with a local photographer here @seforotti_travel who was taking the same shot, a guy that worships "Sunsetism" and got me hooked to it immediately 😄

So, yeah, cross your fingers tight for me and hope the weather will stay nice so I can shoot more of these before I go back home. Thanks.
🤞🏻🙌🏻😊

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tips to photograph strangers | street photography Istanbul

14th April 2022

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5 Tips To Photograph Strangers - Street Portraits in Istanbul

If you follow my Stories on Instagram, you know that I just returned from my trip to Istanbul… And I immediately felt the need to publish these tips to photograph strangers! This trip was a game-changer for my Street Photography and here I’m sharing all I did to capture street...

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5 Tips To Photograph Strangers - Street Portraits in Istanbul