BEHIND THE LENS: Photographer, Author and Screenwriter
I am a working professional, but I am fundamentally a creative soul, expressing myself through photography and writing.
"Photography is my perception: it is what my soul can feel, what my eyes can see, but my words can't tell.
Writing is my imagination: it is what my soul can feel, what my words can tell, but my eyes can't see."
© Alessandro Abate
AGENDAONLINE.IT: - Su Amazon i romanzi di Alessandro Abate tra finanza globale e thriller geopolitico - March 15, 2026
RAI 1 TV: Sottovoce e Dintorni* - February 7, 2026
*Mille e un Libro: Presentation of ZERO-SUM GAME (watch the clip)
IL FINANZIERE - March 2025
Morning Call - Recensione Dall'azzurro del mare di Mykonos, siamo catapultati nella City di Londra, in un thriller che mescola abilmente finanza, jet-set e intrigo attraverso la storia di due donne agli antipodi: la bella e stravagante Ikeda e la riservata e più prevedibile Kimberly. La descrizione del mondo finanziario nelle sue sfumature è a tinte forti beneficiando in modo chiaro dell'esperienza professionale dell'autore, mentre l'ambientazione, vivida e curata, stimola l'immaginazione visiva. La matrice del romanzo è contemporanea ed emerge a livello narrativo e di dialogo, caratterizzando i personaggi e supportando la credilità dell'analisi introspettiva dei protagonisti, con colpi di scena che si susseguono in un crescendo continuo per un finale emotivamente coinvolgente.
Morning Call - Review From the blue sea of Mykonos, we are catapulted into the City of London, in a thriller that skilfully mixes finance, Jet-Set and intrigue through the story of two women at opposite ends: the beautiful and extravagant Ikeda, and the reserved and more predictable Kimberly. The description of the financial world in its nuances is strong, clearly benefiting from the author's professional experience, while the setting, vivid and well-detailed, stimulates the visual imagination. The matrix of the novel is contemporary, emerging at both the narrative and dialogue levels, which characterizes the protagonists and supports the credibility of their introspective analysis, with twists that unfold in a continuous crescendo, culminating in an emotionally engaging finale....
CORRIERE DELLA SERA: Due thriller finanziari di Abate scalano la classifica di Amazon (da analista di Wall Street e della City di Londra a scrittore) - February 21, 2025
ZERO-SUM GAME - Recensione Un techno-thriller per palati fini tra una start-up rivoluzionaria che promette di risolvere il problema climatico e gli effetti collaterali. Un personaggio venuto dal nulla in preda a crisi suicida e una figura misteriosa che ama agire nel buio alimentano la suspense. Sullo sfondo, una cospirazione geopolitica plausibile sulla base di eventi reali. Riuscito l'accoppiamento tra l'aspetto culturale e il tecnologico, in una trama che parte dallo studio della Torah e giunge alla fisica quantistica. Visione futuristica ben oltre l'Intelligenza Artificiale nell'ultimo, spettacolare, colpo di scena....
ZERO-SUM GAME - Review A sophisticated techno-thriller, whose plot unfolds between a revolutionary start-up that promises to solve the climate crisis and its collateral effects. A character who comes out of nowhere and who is in the throes of suicidal thoughts, and a mysterious figure who loves acting in the darkness, fuel the suspense. In the background, a geopolitical conspiracy based on recent events. The coupling between the cultural and technological aspects is well-crafted, in a plot that starts from the Torah's study and evolves to quantum physics. The futuristic vision is far beyond Artificial Intelligence in the last, spectacular, twist.
RAI RADIO 1: Incontri d'autore - December 7, 2024
Intervista sui romanzi Morning Call e ZERO-SUM GAME
SECOND ROUNDER, Austin Film Festival: (Top 20% in the Feature Drama category - 3,000+ submissions) with the screenplay BLUE and MORNING CALL based on the eponymous novels written by Alessandro Abate (see my Literary Works).
Austin Film Festival feedback: BLUE: The concept is strong... Filled with creative descriptions and cinematic images... Characters are complex, passionate, intelligent, and relatable. BLUE is full of twists and turns and unexpected character and scene arcs... Twists are a strength of this narrative. MORNING CALL: Morning Call weaves together multiple storylines... It could be a series, or multiple features. They are intriguing and creatively executed... The opening of Morning Call grabs the reader's attention.
FINALIST, Travel Photographer of the Year (Top 0.2% of 20,000+ submissions) in the categories: 'One Shot: Street Life' and 'People and Cultures.'
PUBLICATIONS & WORKS
Photography:
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Books: AMALFI COAST: the photographic adventure of a motorbiker (Monograph - September 2024),
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Cover Artist & Reportage: Amalfi Coast - A motor biker travel, street and portrait reportage - Olympus Passion Magazine (issue #74 - July 2023).
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Artist Feature (Art Basel Exhibition - watch the clip), ARTSDISTRICT Magazine
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ZERO-SUM GAME (Thriller, techno-geopolitical): Breakthrough technology and its collateral damages, among climate change, global energy supply chains, and geopolitical tension. Futuristic plot, well beyond Artificial Intelligence.
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Morning Call (Thriller, financial): A photo taken by chance by a perfect stranger and a glance aimed at the wrong person change the lives of two vastly different women, until a photographer becomes part of their worlds—and key to their survival.
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BLUE (Thriller, action): An extraordinarily intelligent and sensitive kid, trapped in a fragile body, escapes the Soviet Union and his family ties for the U.S., turning into a ruthless mastermind forced to come to terms with history.
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I, Destiny (Drama, philosophical): "This is the story of a choice. Destiny gave me just two cards, and I will play them blindfolded..." An original and breathtaking solution to the unsolved sociological dilemma of Free Will and Pre-determinism.
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Fairy Tales and Fables in the Lockdown (Fantasy)
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L'Impero di Cartax (Comedy)
FILM & TELEVISION:
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The Equalizer 3 I Featured CIA Agent l Dir. Antoine Fuqua
PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATIONS:
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Model Development & Testing (MC2, PRM Agency and First Model Management)