He exudes sensuality when he describes the romantic nature of his photography when he talks of his travels, of the reasons that drive him to capture moments of everyday life and especially to remain loyal to the traditional printing system to the negative process which is now considered redundant and so it is the organic process is lost with the digital camera assert the photographer thus reflecting the condition of our age where time seems to be an enemy to defeat, rather than an ally to live alongside in serenity.
It is a product a without a soul the product of an alienated and alienating society it is preoccupation with expediency that as led
To the elimination of the traditional printing processes, thereby destroying the magical atmosphere of the dark room, where the photographer’s imagination was free to roam in a thousand forms on a small cutting of glossy paper the photographer’s journey is introspective not only triggered by what he sees, but by what he is looking for, the way he confronts the outside world and the relation ship with the object in question.
According to Scalera the camera acts as a container for the artists feelings, as a binder with the universe which surrounds him, a perfect a mediator between psyche and visual.
As a result the photos become an important instrument of mete-communication, where the portrayed object tells of some period of scalera’s life and reflects characteristics of his personality. The absence of indicators of time effectively create a sense of nostalgia longing feelings which return the artist to his infancy spent with his grandmother in Puglia that left a profound impression on him and reappears in his choice of subject and colours.
It is this continues search for a simple and humble life that drives Scalera to portray common people like shop assistants pensioners, people who live on the fringe of consumerism, ignorant of trends and whims, people who feel satisfaction from the simple acts of eating an ice cream on the street or spending an afternoon with friends on a suburban beach.
Scalera defines his picture as TIME CAPSULES thereby underlying his conflict relations ship with contemporary society which he deems sanitized and alienated the desired to find shelter in a period already gone are characteristic which recur again and again in his shots.
The artist defines the reality of modern man as being self destructive, and invites his public to keep their feet on the ground , to remain in touch with nature and in harmony with themselves,
It only to create that organic image, it only to revitalized the photographer as artist
