Did you feel a pressure to pursue your trained profession as a mason?
It was a big risk for me – everything I had earned through masonry I was obliged to invest in learning the art of photography. Cheaper material did not produce beautiful photos. I threw everything I had into making images.

Birds of Paradise – Riccardo Tisci delivers heavenly creations for Givenchy’s fall 2011 haute couture collection. Modeled by Mariacarla Boscono, Daphne Groeneveld, Joan Smalls, Caroline Trentini, Izabel Goulart, Zuzanna Bijoch, Iselin Steiro, Saskia de Brauw and Kasia Struss; the ivory gowns of romantic chantilly lace, airy feathers and gauzy silk tulle show structured yet delicate workmanship.

Iberia Quarries,
Marmetal Co., Borba, Portugal, 2006