Giovanni Messi Messina | London Photographer

🎉 Hi, welcome to UNFOLDING OF TIME by Giovanni 'Messi' Messina 📸🎨🎞 I'm in awe to finally share with you my imagery archive. A safe space where analogue film and digital realms join forces to create timeless magic 🎨 Following my own flows & in a non-chronological manner, I'll be sharing explorations and projects of all sorts: soulful portraits & headshots, documentary street photography, mundane fleeting moments, little details that often goes unnoticed, food styling, fine art & printmaking and much more.. ~ I’d love for you to join me on this sensory-refreshing journey! Now, without further a-do, let's get on making magic, shall we? 🎞💫 ~ With joy, love and curiosity, G'M'M 📸🙋🏼‍♂️ ~ ~ ~ ~ #unfoldingoftime ~ ~ ~ ~ Photography, street photography, new journey ~ New year, new journey, London based, UK, Made in Italy, multidisciplinary artist, emotions, feelings, timelessness, Analogue Photography, Film Photography, motion picture, black and white, Filmmaking, shortfilm, exhibition, book, photobook, workshops, creative community, reels, storytelling, fine art, 2025 society, ways of expression, self-expression, follow me 🎉🤌🏼

about @take3agency 2O25 Winter Wrap Party 🎉 Clearly another one for the books! Lots of love for the T3 Team, you know how much love and gratitude I've got for you 💙 can't believe it's already five years of us getting creative together. I'm SO back & ready now, LET'S BRING IT ON 2026!!🕺🏼 ~ Also, frame n2 is a moment for the man himself @philipbedwell a great friend & super talented artist that Take 3 has brought into my life a couple of years ago. Thank you Phil, love this photo of us. ~ Was sooo good to bump into familiar faces, friends and meet new lovely ones, too. The other night was a great reminder on why I love being part of this incredible, inspiring industry. ~ All photographs by the brilliant @hettiepearsonphotography

📸 ..and that is a wraaap on my Photography Exhibition in Central London as part of "Echoes of the Soul: a Journey Within". Well, actually it ended 10 days ago, but I needed some time to process it all, didn't I? 🌺 ~ I genuinely loved seeing familiar faces as well as meeting new ones. Just wanted to take a moment to warmly thank each and every one of you for coming, showing love, asking questions, express interest, supporting me & my work in all sorts of ways. I appreciate you all. What a lovely immersive inspiring experience this was! Thank you! ~ While I'm now away traveling dreamy Turkey (recharging my energies & of course, capturing more photographs) here's a slide-show for you that summarises those days at the exhibition, including a short-video-tour of all my photographs. Enjoy 💫 ~ With love and BIIIIG gratitude, G'M'M 🙋🏼‍♂️📸💙 ~ #unfoldingoftime ~ #photographyexhibition #photography #fineartphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhite #filmphotography #blackandwhitefilm #filmisnotdead #london #contemporaryartexhibition

🎞 here's a b&w grainy moment taken last Sunday on the Central Line on my way to mantra chanting meditation. -> SWIPE for cute doggo playing hide-and-seek as well as a 'lowkey' eye-scratching middle finger from the lady on the left hand side. ~ Which one do you prefer, frame1 or frame2? And why? Happy Hump Day, mid-week, we got this 🎯 ~ London Underground, May 2026 ~ With love and hips-level-undetected-shots, G'M'M 🙋🏼‍♂️📸 ~ #35mmphotography #londonunderground #bnw #spg_feature #classicfilmclub @rroma.street @streetphotography.gallery @streetphotographyinternational @classicsfilmclub

🎉 Happy Tuesday! How are we? Here's some calming early morning lights, faded grainy colours portraying a soft mother&son moment at a bus stop. Exploring neat image composition, symmetry, patterns, shapes, depth in layers, the Merton Council banner, my own reflection (are you able to spot me in the frame?) and the reflection of my dear friend Philip into the 'M' of @merton_council ~ Wimbledon, London, April 2026 ~ With love and funky umbrella flows, G'M'M 🙋🏼‍♂️📸 ~ #wimbledon #streetmoments #londonlife #filmphotography #streetphoto

🎞 here's a b&w self-portrait series using the frame within frame (within frame) street photography technique. PLEASE SWIPE to help the motorbike-rider walk past me! ..and then swipe backwards to make the man hit a 'Moonwalk', I guess? 😂 ~ Somewhere in South West London, February 2026 ~ With love and grainy sets, G'M'M 🙋🏼‍♂️🌺 ~ ~ ~ #londonlife #blackandwhitestreetphotography #bnw #streetarteverywhere #streetphotographer 📸

📸 for my ongoing series of mundane moments in the life of a Londoner using public transport: Here's a grainy power-nap on the Northern Line. Serving soul nourishment, reflections, diagonal leading lines, steady hand-grips, soft glances and countless other details that the more you look - the more you will see.. ~ Happy Sunday & please, go enjoy this majestic sunshine ☀️ ~ London Underground, April 2026 ~ With love and eagle eyes, G'M'M 🙋🏼‍♂️🎨 ~ ~ ~ @rroma.street @captures_bnw @bnw_features @des_photomag @street_badass @streetphotographersfdn @street_avengers #rromastreet #streetphotography #everydaymoments #noai #filmphotography

📸 I guess one of the best rewards as small independent business is to see returning customers, right? Specially in a big city like London. So, yeah, a few days I had the honour to make, once again, photographic magic with @philipbedwell for his new actor's portfolio. Which, obviously, made me revisit my imagery archive, where I found this gem from our first ever photoshoot back in 2023! Definetly one of my all-times favourites when it comes to my portrait work - AH - the beauty & layers of timeless art! Love it! 🤌🏼 For this, I do wish to take a moment to express my gratitude for this incredible man portrayed right here, which now fast forward couple of years is one of my dearest friends and source of inspiration. A great soul and allround outstanding artist & maker! Thank you for your continued trust, dear Phil. I salute you 🎉 ~ My Studio, SW London, November 2023 ~ #actorsportfolio #londonheadshot #headshot #london #londonphotographer ~ London • portrait photography • actor • model • dancer • performer • creative • artist • human being • business • London Town • South West London • contact for enquiry • book your photoshoot • headshots • portraits • casting • agency • director • producer • b&w • timeless imagery • Giovanni Messi Messina • Philip Bedwell • black and white • grain is good • UK

🫆 I have a (silly) question for you today: Is this what people mean when they say <<Monday Blues>> ?! 🫆 yeah I didn't think so either. Oh well.. Anyway, if you wish, do zoom in & observe carefully - how many blue items can you spot in the first frame? Let me know in the comments and tag a friend (or 5) to see if they can guess the right number, do it for the plot! 🫠 ~ St. John's Wood, London, April 2026 ~ With love and shades of blue, G'M'M 🙋🏼‍♂️📸 ~ #london #streetphotography #spring2026 #grainisgood #lifeonfilm ~ London - UK - England - Italian artist in London Town - Analogue Photography - Grainy moments - Street moments - Timeless Streets - Real Life - NO AI - Real moments - Real people - Shades of Blue - Colour coded photograph - Film Photography - Aesthetic - Camden Town - St. John's Wood Library - Spring is springing - comment - like - share - repost - save - tag a friend - follow for more - love life - be joy - be love - be yourself!

🎞 here's a few analogue street moments shot on @kodakprofessional Kodak T-Max 400 with my lovely medium format Yashica 635. Enjoy! ~ London, February and March 2026 ~ #kodaktmax400 #120film #londonstreetphotography

🌺 Here's few calming moments from one of my recent hikes in the ever-dramatic English countryside. ~ Fun fact? As you can see in frame n2, I had two of my cameras on me that day - however - every single photograph in this carousel was taken with my phone 😂 buahaha ~ Maybe, I will share some of the 'actual' images one day, maybe I won't, it doesn't matter. What really matters to me is knowing my timeless archive continues to grow by the day, alongside my love for photography, storytelling and documenting life. ~ Somewhere in Kent, March 2026 ~ With love, joy and Springy feels G'M'M 🙋🏼‍♂️💫

🎞 timeless portrait of Jenny, ~ London, July 2025 ~ With joy and good old days' feels, G'M'M 🙋🏼‍♂️📸 ~ ~ #unfoldingoftime #londonphotographer #model #blackandwhite