Born in Ravenna on September 25, 1947, Roversi was the first photographer to use Polaroid in the 20 x 25 format, opening up the path to new forms of experimentation characterised by highly expressive use of intense, incisive light.
His first camera was a Ferraniaflex 4.5 x 6 which he was given for his first communion. But it was during a trip to Spain at the age of 17 that Roversi contracted the “disease” of photography. He started taking photographs with his uncle’s Leica III and set up a darkroom like a true amateur photographer.
At 20 he was working as a reporter for a photo agency; in 1970 he opened his first studio in Ravenna, producing still lifes and portraits.
Born in Ravenna on September 25, 1947, Roversi was the first photographer to use Polaroid in the 20 x 25 format, opening up the path to new forms of experimentation characterised by highly expressive use of intense, incisive light.
His first camera was a Ferraniaflex 4.5 x 6 which he was given for his first communion. But it was during a trip to Spain at the age of 17 that Roversi contracted the “disease” of photography. He started taking photographs with his uncle’s Leica III and set up a darkroom like a true amateur photographer.
At 20 he was working as a reporter for a photo agency; in 1970 he opened his first studio in Ravenna, producing still lifes and portraits.