House of Tenaglia

07/04/2026

DUETTO V, ROME, 2024
Chromogenic print. Limited edition
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03/04/2026

DUETTO VI, ROME, 2024
Chromogenic print. Limited edition
collectible.marcotenaglia.com

25/03/2026

This photo comes from a photoshoot built around a crime story, where retro mood, noir tension, graphic-novel aesthetics, and a cinematic approach set the tone. We had a lot of fun shooting it. You can find the full story “Nothing’s What It Looks Like” on https://squirt.marcotenaglia.com/nothings-what-it-looks-like/

04/03/2026

I’m not after a polished aesthetic. My photography rides that razor edge between good and bad taste.

See the full series https://squirt.marcotenaglia.com/michela-at-home/

25/10/2025

Frames from my latest campaign for Alessandro Vicini. We had a great time bringing this project to life.

Full slideshow in English on squirt.marcotenaglia.com and in Italian on alessandrovicini.com

15/10/2025

Another photo — or let's call it a frame — from my unconventional campaign for Alessandro Vicini Haircare, Nothing's What It Looks Like, and that's exactly the point!

Discover the full story in English on squirt.marcotenaglia.com

or in Italian on alessandrovicini.com

In this photo:
The Gattamorta - - and the Enigmatic Waiter
Makeup by .rosella.karan
Hair by

09/10/2025

This photo is from my unconventional campaign for Alessandro Vicini Haircare . We wanted to create something far from the hair and beauty standards, and came up with a shoot inspired by noir, silent movies, and graphic novels, where hair products are barely shown and the focus is entirely on the story.
It’s a mix of digital and analog, no AI involved, and post-production is limited to darkroom-style work. It’s real photography.

See the full story in English on squirt.marcotenaglia.com

or in Italian on alessandrovicini.com

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In this photo and .caceres
Makeup by .rosella.karan

06/10/2025

“You press the button, we do the rest.” The Kodak camera in 1888 opened the door to delegated photography.

Today the formula reads: “You type the prompt, AI does the rest.”

The truth is AI hasn’t taken anything away.

Photography was emptied by those who confused convenience with progress, who reduced the act of seeing to automatic function.

I explore this on SQ**RT!:

From Kodak to AI, photography evolves while photographers abdicate creative responsibility, letting technology dictate visual culture.

28/07/2025

I’ve just published a new spicy piece on SQ**RT!

Before anything else, I want to make clear that the models in the opening photo have nothing to do with the phenomenon I’m about to discuss. They’re professionals playing a role in a photoshoot. Period.

What I dissect is an anthropological category of men — men? — who orbit the female universe with a famished, compulsive, servile gaze, without a shred of dignity or critical distance. Clingy, anxious, pathetic. They consume every trace of femininity like it’s a ration handed out after a long famine.

They consume an idea of women shaped by algorithms and social media. Emoji-bombing every post. Drowning in bitter ideologies born in online echo chambers. Desperation dressed as virility.

Read it here

Men trapped in toxic desire, craving validation through performative masculinity, losing dignity in a compulsive cycle fueled by social media

15/07/2025

Photographic illiteracy is the great blind spot of our time.

Everyone produces images. Few understand photography as a language. Most shoot without grammar, without structure, without intent. The result is visual bulimia: noise smothering meaning.

This article explores visual ignorance, algorithms, standardization, and the erosion of complexity. It reflects on the urgency of visual education for those who want to inhabit the image rather than just consume it.

Read here: https://squirt.marcotenaglia.com/photography-and-ignorance/

Photography is a language few master. In a flood of impulsive images, visual literacy is key to reclaim meaning and cultural depth.

02/07/2025

Taking your work beyond social media means reclaiming control, authorship, and the power to shape your own aesthetic language.

Focusing everything on one’s own website, with one’s own timing, language, and aesthetics, is an act of cultural sovereignty. An almost revolutionary act in today’s landscape.

My new article on SQ**RT!

Taking your work beyond social media means reclaiming control, authorship, and the power to shape your own aesthetic language