ABOUT STEFANO COLOMBO

1985 > Earned a B.F.A. from the Parsons School of Design in New York.
Specialized in Communication Design and completed a series of courses focused on photography, including alternative silver process techniques such as gum bichromate printing and platinum printing.

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1986 - 2008 > These years were dedicated to professional development and consolidation in the advertising field, first as an Art Director and later as a Creative Director. Throughout this career, he continued to engage with photography, driven by a persistent interest in the medium’s language, particularly as it applied to commercial work.

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2009 - 2025 > Founded Blacklab, which later became The Lab, a high-profile consultancy specializing in communication. Participated in the Diesel Wall Contest with a creative project exhibited at the Diesel store in Tokyo.
During this period, he rediscovered his passion for photographic storytelling as a creative expression, applied to personal projects.
An opportunity also arose to use a professional wet darkroom at the university where he teaches: the Accademia di Comunicazione. Here, he rediscovered the joy of working with tools and processes from the past century.