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The Art of Claudio Bergamin

Artist. . . Photographer. . . Illustrator

About Me

My name is Claudio Bergamin. I'm a graphic artist and photographer... I've been creating, drawing, painting, photographing, sculpting, screwing, drinking and messing almost all my adult life...I mainly work with rock bands doing CD cover artwork and photography but in terms of work, hell is the limit for me... XD...Think of me as an Art Bounty Hunter... Bobba Fett with a paint brush...You can also visit my web site where you will find all my past work:www.claudiobergamin.com

My Interests

All arts, Comic Books, Sci-Fi movies, Heavy Metal, photography, history, Heavy Metal, cooking, books... did I mention Metal?? .............................................Here are some of my CD covers...

I'd like to meet:

The first guy who painted on the wall of a cave...

Music:

Rock and Classical... KISS, Queen, Judas Priest, Queensryche, Motley Crue, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, W.A.S.P., Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Accept, Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Rush, AC/DC, System of a Down, Children of Bodom, Rainbow, Manowar, The 69 Eyes, Stryper, Dream Evil, Tarot, Force of Evil, Nightwish, Arch Enemy, Extreme, Lordi, Satyricon, Scorpions, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Deep Purple, Masterplan, Synergy, Yngwie Malmsteen, Velvet Revolver, Helloween, Danzig, Bach, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Wojciech Kilar, Bassil Poledouris...yeah!

Movies:

Star Wars (the original trilogy), American History X, Contact, Jaws, Fight Club, Conan the Barbarian, Superman (1978), Jesus Christ Superstar, Unbreakable, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Highlander, Close Encounters of the third kind, Dr Strangelove, The Big Lebowsky, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones (All of them), The Lord of The Rings Trilogy...

Television:

Millennium, The X Files, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Batman The Animated Series, Samurai Jack, Tales From The Crypt, Friends...

Books:

Asimov, Bradbury, Arthur C Clark, Stephen King, Tolkien, Umberto Eco, Bukowsky...as for comic books writers; Frank Miller, Neil Gainman, Garth Ennis, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore...as for artists; Dave McKean, Alex Ross, Neil Adams and many more... too many for this small frame.

Heroes:

My Father

My Blog

New Art !

A new artwork for a very cool new record; swedish band Angel Blake's second album "The Descended".   Wrote and produced by Marko Tervonen, ex The Crown...  those who know history will d...
Posted by The Art of Claudio Bergamin on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:27:00 PST

Crazy Ubaldo Photoshoot...

Some promo pics I made for this really talented new artist.You really have to check this guy!   he's absolutelly out of his mind...  this set of pictures doesn't explore that side of hi...
Posted by The Art of Claudio Bergamin on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:23:00 PST

Top Five Metal Pictures!!!

I decided to dig into my vault and pick my top five rock promo pics.   It's really hard to choose when it comes to your own work since nostalgia gets in the way of reason, but I can certaint...
Posted by The Art of Claudio Bergamin on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:41:00 PST

Cemetery Lunch

So I went to Leyton Public Cemetery to make some aditional shots for my next album cover.  Seems like all cemeteries in England look like taken out of an old Hammer film, or was it the other way ...
Posted by The Art of Claudio Bergamin on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:28:00 PST

New Cover Art. . .

Hey People... I'm saying farewell to 2007 with a new set of images..."A Different View From The Same Side" is the name of the album of italian progressive band Aura.The idea was completelly (or loos...
Posted by The Art of Claudio Bergamin on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:36:00 PST

Criminal Photoshoot

Hey people...This is a very special blog...  it has been a while since the last time I made a promotional photoshoot for any band...  mainly because I wasn't near enough to any interesting b...
Posted by The Art of Claudio Bergamin on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:00:00 PST

Cover art for the new Paradox record

And here it is, finally, the artwork for the upcoming record of legendary german band Paradox. I never really know where my next project will take me ...  I mean, finally I've been able to explor...
Posted by The Art of Claudio Bergamin on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:49:00 PST

From Sketch to Cover. . .

This is something really interesting that I wanted to do for some time now. A side by side comparison of original concept sketches to the final photographic cover of some of my past work.Many people d...
Posted by The Art of Claudio Bergamin on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:46:00 PST

New Cover Artwork for HateFX

Just out of the oven...  The new album cover for the Fresno CA based metal band HateFX.When my good friend Gabriel (ex-Dogma) ask me for the most cool and enigmatic image I could make I was a lit...
Posted by The Art of Claudio Bergamin on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:01:00 PST

The New Photography Website!

The new website is finally online!    This time, it's just plain and simple Photography.I divided it in six sections:  People, Places, Still Life, Maternity, Venice and the HR Giger's B...
Posted by The Art of Claudio Bergamin on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:16:00 PST