With the "Elegia Fantastica," the renowned photographer takes viewers on a fascinating journey in which his reflections on relationships with specific places take center stage. Scorcelletti sees the project as a poetic composition, a refined elegy, composed of two series for the Leica Galerie Dusseldorf: "Memories" and "Visions." As always, the photographer masterfully seduces and enchants with his black and white compositions.

Scorcelletti became known primarily for his magnificent shots from the world of celebrities. However, he has proven time and again with superb, often quiet series that he is not only an expert in glamour and glitter. In these series, he showcases his passion for horses, presents himself as a distinguished landscape photographer, or dedicates himself to the genre of street photography. Effortlessly, he combines and unites various worlds in his body of work, always developing surprisingly creative visual ideas.

In the "Elegia Fantastica" project, the photographer, born in Luxembourg in 1964 and living in Paris, also references his Italian roots. In the intense black and white images, he visually embarks on a journey to places of the past and searches for meaningful spaces. He successfully transforms his personal experiences into moments of collective memory with a strong emotional impact. While many motifs from the "Memories" group in their refined visual language echo great influences like Mario Giacomelli or Henri Cartier-Bresson and celebrate everyday moments, he ventures into an exciting sphere shift with the "Visions" group. Here, the images become abstract, light-filled, and he prefers to work with blurs. While he used his Leica M6 for the first group, he photographed the "Visions" with his Leica M Monochrom (Type 246) - free of any retouching. The result of his visual narrative comes together in the exhibition at the Leica Galerie Dusseldorf to create an intriguing journey that begins with a melancholic and moving tone in the first part of "Memories" and progresses passionately and grandly in the second part.

Emanuele Scorcelletti's parents are from the Italian regions of Marche and Friuli. He was born in Luxembourg in 1964. His mother gave him his first camera when he was six years old, igniting his passion for photography. He studied at the Institut national de radioélectricité et cinématographie (INRACI) in Brussels. Between 1989 and 2009, he worked at the Gamma agency in Paris and continues to work as a freelance photographer for magazines, advertising, and fashion. His image of Sharon Stone on the red carpet in front of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes won the World Press Photo Award in the Arts and Culture category in 2003. In addition to portraits and shots in the context of cinema, fashion, and luxury brands, he has always worked on social projects. His interest in the connection between humans, the environment, and nature is reflected in numerous series. Scorcelletti's work has been awarded multiple times and exhibited extensively, including in the Leica Galeries in Munich and Salzburg.

"He can simply do it all: whether it's a grand production, a finely observed moment, or a seemingly random snapshot. The magnificent photographer Emanuele Scorcelletti always succeeds in telling a story that entices viewers to linger longer. Although he loves diversity, his style is unmistakable." -  Karin Rehn-Kaufmann