Gabriele Cinti was born in Scheggia in 1960. He still lives there and it was in Scheggia that he began working as a photographer. In the 1980s he attended the Accademy of Fine Arts in Perugia, obtaining a degree in stage and set design- and at the same time learning the secrets of photography and graphic design. There he worked on some successful pubblicity posters, although his main interest developed in the direction of artistic photography. His first personal exhibition was part of "Armageddon", an artistic and cultural event organised by "Norman e il Presidente" which was reviewed on RAI 3. He collaborated with Professor Medini in the photographic documentation for the publication "Dopo il catastrofe" ("After the Catastrophe"). In 1993 he held an exhibition called "Tra Fisica e Metafisica" ("Between Physics and Metaphysics") in his home town. He participated in the exhibition of costumes and settings based on the life of Jacopone of Todi held in the Rocca Paolina in Perugia. This was organised by the students of the Accademy of Fine Arts "Pietro Vannucci" in Perugia; his contribution was a slideshow. In Perugia he also organised an exhibition in Via Cartolari, Perugia called "Art dans la Rue" ("Art in the Street"), using particular photographic techniques such as the "rayogram" and the overlaying of images- techniques used by artists such as Man Ray, Mohly Nagy, Rodçenko and Veronesi. He won second prize in the Costacciaro national photographic competition on the theme "Planet Childhood" and achieved a special mention in the Tuoro competition on the theme "Between Past and Present". He organised an exhibition on the theme "Park Landsapes- Weddings and Portraits" at the Parco di Monte Cucco in Sigillo.