Alessandro “Sasha” Benedetti

Alessandro “Sasha” Benedetti, “Ligurian Wave”

Alessandro Benedetti, known as Sasha, is a IENI-CNR researcher and lives in Bonassola on the west coast of Italy near Genoa. He is a great lover and connoisseur of Ligurian waves and sea storms and a passionate photographer. The village in which he lives allows him to give free rein to this passion. His photography is available in a book, Wave Watching, published by Casa Editrice Hoepli, an Italian publishing house based in Milan.

This book made possible by the collaborative team of Sasha Benedetti, Stefano Gallino, and Luca Onorato was publshed in November 2011. It is still available through HOEPLI.it.

Waves Against the Cliffs

Photographer Unknown, (Waves Against the Cliffs)

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