Born in Genova (Italy) and then migrated to Lausanne (Switzerland), I officially became a millionaire at the age of 19, I placed 1st at the Rubik’s cube contest twice in a row a few years later and ended up working at the CERN in Geneva on a secret cold fusion project until I moved to the US.

Upon my arrival in Florida in 1996, Pamela Anderson declared to Playboy magazine that I was fuzzy like a polar bear, got recruited by the CIA and operated as a submarine for a few years.

In 2016 I robbed David Beckham of his title of sexiest man alive.

Oh…and one thing about me that nobody knows…I also take photos in my spare time.

These are my favorite 2 images of my parents…the one on the left was captured in 1960 in Tangiers (i had not yet been conceived) and the one on the right in 1996 (at my wedding at Villa Vizcaya, FL).

No…seriously…WHY do i like to document people’s lives?…or the importance of family photos

I remember that growing up, my sister Gabriella and I always loved sitting in the living room with our parents and turn the pages of their photo albums or go over each and every prints contained in the photo boxes; this would always trigger lots of questions from us about their past, their parents and what was happening in each picture.

While i have always known that family memories should be cultivated, It is only later on (maybe too late?) that i realized how much family photos can connect us to those who came before.
By letting your children see your photos from the past and present, they become connected to their own story.

Now that our kids have left the nest, I wish i had captured more of these family times and contributed to my kids’s legacy.

So, don’t be like me…hire a professional photographer to document your memories as your children grow and your family changes, print the images and hang them on the walls in your home.