Silvia Ganora – ?????, Italy

I’m an Italian amateur photographer. I started taking pictures when I was in my teens, thanks to my parents gift: a Kodak Instamatic… and haven’t stopped since! Over the years, the Kodak was replaced with several other film cameras  and, now that I made my leap into digital photography, I’m using a Nikon d90.

At seventeen I had the fantastic opportunity to live in the USA for a whole year. I attended High School and fell in love with this wonderful country. When my uncle had to move to Mexico for work, my aunt and I decided to join him: we traveled by car coast-to-coast and then down to Mexico City. The most exciting car ride I’ve ever had in my life!

My parents had me after 13 years of marriage, so when they soon grew old and fell ill I had to take care of them. Having a High School diploma from teacher training school together with a Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English gave me the opportunity to give private English lessons to children and High School students for many years.

 Traveling is also one of my passions. I love to explore new locations taking pictures with my camera. I really regret having a film camera at the time I visited Tunisia and when I spent a month alone on the Greek island of Karpathos. I keep saying to myself I must take the time to scan all those slides…

After living in Sicily for several years, I’ve moved back to ‘my’ mountains in Northern Italy. My parents both passed away years ago and now I dedicate most of my time to photography. I’m active on various sites like Redbubble and FineArtAmerica where I have my works for sale. My biggest reward is knowing someone liked my art to the point of buying it - it’s a great feeling and one that keeps me going.

Over the years, I’ve participated to various international photography contests and was awarded several honorable mentions and also a win.

 You can learn more about my photography and my photographic achievements by visiting my website silviaganoraphotography.com.