About

Carlo Lavatori nasce come fotografo e videomaker negli Stati Uniti dove, dopo essersi laureato, comincia le sue prime esperienze professionali a New York negli anni 80.

Rientrato in Italia per collaborare con Mediaset nella realizzazione di contenuti video promozionali, apre il suo primo studio a Milano e comincia a collaborare con le maggiori testate ed aziende di design sia come fotografo che come regista.

Lunghe esperienze in Giappone ed in Inghilterra ne completano la formazione e l’ estetica.

L’elenco delle aziende, testate giornalistiche ed architetti con cui ha collaborato comprende tra gli altri: Agent Provocateur, Agnona, Alessandro Mendini, Alessi, Baccarat, Bicego, Boglioli, Brioni, Claudio Silvestrin, Comme des Garcons, Domus Magazine, Driade, Established & Sons, Enzo Mari, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D Magazine, Interni Magazine, Jil Sander, Yohji Yamamoto, Magis, Malo, Mondadori Editore, Motorola, Pallucco, Pucci, Shiseido, Stuart Weitzman, Swarovsky, Zegna.

Le sue fotografie sono state esposte a Milano, Tokyo, New York e Parigi.

Ha ora il suo studio a Milano.

Carlo Lavatori, begins his career as a photographer and videomaker in the United States where, after his college degree, starts his professional career in New York City in the 80s.

After having returned to Italy to work with Mediaset, a private television company, to craft their online promotion, he opens his first studio in Milano and starts to collaborate with the majors design publications and companies, both as a photographer and a filmmaker.

Long periods in Japan and England have had a great influence and impact on his aesthetics.

The list of magazines, architects and design companies he  has collaborated with, include among others: Agent Provocateur, Agnona, Alessandro Mendini, Alessi, Baccarat, Bicego, Boglioli, Brioni, Claudio Silvestrin, Comme des Garcons, Domus Magazine, Driade, Established & Sons, Enzo Mari, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D Magazine, Interni Magazine, Jil Sander, Yohji Yamamoto, Magis, Malo, Mondadori Editore, Motorola, Pallucco, Pucci, Shiseido, Stuart Weitzman, Swarovsky, Zegna.

His photographs have been exposed in Milano, Tokyo, New York and Paris.

He works now from his studio in Milano.