Michele Gastl was born in Milan in 1967. His passion for photography was so strong that he broke the dreams of his Tyrolean father, who wanted him to be an engineer. After a short period as an assistant in a still life studio, he decided to leave university, to devote himself completely to photography, spending his days in a basement to refine the technique on his own. His perseverance led him shortly after to open his own studio in Milan and his professionalism made him one of the most important Italian still life photographers today. After working 4 years in New York, he chose Milan as his base, from which he occasionally moves to work with agents who represent him in Paris, New York and Germany. Developing over time a solid technical ability and a refined artistic sensibility, Michele’s works lead to interesting creative experiments, characterized by greater freedom of expression.
Michele is defined as a craftsman of photography: through method and wise compositional balance he shapes light transforming everyday objects into characterizing images. He has photographed men’s and women’s fashion, then devoted himself almost exclusively to still life, creating campaigns with the most important advertising agencies, catalogs for prestigious names in fashion, watchmaking, cosmetics and editorial for major newspapers. Among its customers we can mention: Acqua di Parma, Alfa Romeo, Amadori, Barilla, Boscolo, Braun, Breil, Campari, Carrera, Cartier, Chantecler, Coop, De Beers, Delonghi, Ermenegildo Zegna, Esselunga, Etro, Ferragamo, Ferrarelle, Ferrero, Galbani, Geox, Gucci, Kiton, Lavazza, Leroy Merlin, L’Oreal, Loro Piana, Mattioli, Milka, Montblanc, Nivea, Peroni, Renè Caovilla, Rolex, San Pellegrino, Sky, Valentino
