I'm Matteo and I'm a professional photographer. I've always been fascinated by the beauty of birds.
In 2013 I decided to go in search of a Concincina as a pet for my studio garden in Milan. That's when I met Giorgio, a farmer who invited me to an aviary exhibition.
That very same day, the Concincina hen Jessicah (cue Unchained Melody) stole my heart.
My friend and work partner Moreno joined me in this passion/madness and we started to take pictures of literally hundreds of chickens and roosters.
Just look at them. They are beautiful. And they know it.
Eventually, we ended up with enough material to think about publishing a book. That's why we just launched a Kickstarter campaign.
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Blue silkie hen. I have one named Lavender (and a black silkie named Jackie-O). You can tell the hens from the roos because the roos have little knotted combs on their forehead. Silkies don't have pronounced combs like some other breeds. Somehow their feathers stay fluffy and clean like this all the time! This breed is very very sweet :) I also had a brown hen named Foxy Brown :) Having pet chickens is super fun and pretty easy. You just need to make sure you lock them up in a coop at night so predators don't get them.
Definately some silkie, maybe a darf? These have lovely voice and are super cute and cuddly.
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Fluffy chickens are the best. I'm throwing my bird phobia out the window. I want one.
I really really really really need the adorable chiiiickkkeennnn in my life!!!!!!
This is why some prople keep them as pets...he looks sooo soft & huggable!
I know it's not fake but it looks like it needs to on a shelf inside a house
Just look at that magnificent fluffy bast*rd. Just look at it and be in awe.
Silkie chickens are the best! Great mommas and pretty much lap chickens!
These were first introduced to white Europeans as hybrid chicken bunnies from the Orient.. Sooo ex.pensive!!
This actually rooster, breed name is sebright (silver one are also supercool!)
I knew he reminded me of some US President. Check out Martin Van Buren
Wow, I love his powerful awesome dinosaur legs!!!! And those amazing copper and green and black contrast, simply gorgeous majestic rooster (hen?!)
Looks cool, but makes me sad that we have bred chickens to have all these extra feathers on their feet and legs of a type that would only cause them problems. :\
Belgium Bearded...I named mine Waffle! He is a character!
They're so cute, just like their great, great, great......grand parents. Velocirapt...fc4bdc.jpg 
That photo makes no sense there but I agree they look like their chicken grandparents.
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We indicate every breed in the book (teaser wink wink, go check our kickstarter wink wink)
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wow these are amazing, you never really stop and appreciate how beautiful these birds are.
This is an amazing post! Honestly, the photographs were very well done to emphasize how beautiful these animals are. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! They were really easy to photograph to be honest :)
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Couldn't you make these photos any darker? I can still almost see the chickens.
How can chickens look like they're twice divorced? Jk, but these are really awesome
Absolutely beautiful photography. Chickens are my favorite birds. I rescued one girl, she lived with me for six years before she passed. She had her own dog bed, loved watermelon, would lay down in front of the TV to watch the Flinstones, would peck my bed so I could pick her up and cuddle, and would purr me to sleep just like a kitty! :) Oh she loved listening to Mozart too, I'd play it when she was outside and she would lay down and watch the butterflies around her in my yard :')
I call my chickens the “feather dogs”, they really are so smart and sweet!!!
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I feel like crying whenever I see a live chicken because I had a cousin who had chickens and whenever my parents and I visited his family, I always hung out with him in the chicken coop. He tragically passed away a few years ago. He was 20.
*offers a sad smile, and if it is ok a hand to hold just for a bit.* "sorry for your loss" seems so inadequate.
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If you havent seen the documentary, Chicken People, it IS a MUST SEE!!! VERY FUNNY!
We name each breed in the book! (sorry I have to do some promo)
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Because that's an argument that you want to avoid?
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I was hoping to see a Dominicker... they are black and white and one of the larger breeds of chicken. I raised one when I was 10ish. A handsome rooster who followed me like a puppy. He got along with everyone, except my mom.
Chickens are lovely in general... except when you are going past them with a piece of salad (or anything) that you would have liked to eat by yourself...
This is truth! I walk outside with a piece of toast and suddenly I have 14 chickens surrounding me
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I am also professional photographer but I don't find these photographs professional at all.
Roosters are male chickens... back to school you go!
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Absolutely love these. Really great photography skills, by the way.
Is it bad that I know most of the breeds of these chickens *already* and have had many of the different kinds?
I like my chickens flat on the back, roasted golden brown, with a side order of stuffing and cranberry sauce.
To look at photos of beautiful, intelligent animals that want to live and feel pain and emotion and think of how you want it to die horribly for you to have a snack is disturbing.
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BEAUTIFUL STUNNING BIRDS. CAPTURED BY A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER. I COULD KEEP LOOKING FOR EVER. MORE PICTURES PLEAS. ESPECIALLY OF OLD TYPE GAME BIRDS. OR GAME BIRDS.
Hi guys, thank you for the article on our beloved Chic!ken project. If you’d like to know more about this project, we just published a full case study here: http://www.atellani.com/chicken-collection-photography-book-tranchellini-monti.html
Wow, I had no idea there were so many different kinds of chickens. They are all so beautiful.
Congratulations on your photographic ability, these images are beautiful, well done, Bravo!!!
Congratulations on your photographic skill, these images are beautiful, well done, bravo.
I'm fond of chickens, each bird is an individual. We had a rooster, Pretty Boy, hehad a golden mane and was a true gentlebird. When his hens laid their first egg (like humans birthing, its a painful frighting experience), he would sit next to his hen and comfort her. Each hen has a song she would sing to her chicks at night. While she nestled over them to keep them warm and safe. They're songs are sweet and different. For a long time I couldn't eat chicken out of respect for them. We didn't kill our birds. And soon ended up with over 100. We did collect the eggs that weren't sat on.
They are gorgeous. Makes me want to get a chicken. I had a friend who had a couple of bantam roosters. He said they were like a mad dog with feathers.
There are a few champion lookers there. A splendid set of photos.
Lovely, lovely animals... I’d highly suggest anyone who reads this should get their own! Not only do you have extremely fresh and delicious eggs that are much healthier for you, but it also means you are boycotting really horrible egg farms most chickens suffer in. They make great compost for the garden too! It’s a great way to be environmentally conscious, healthier, and an animal welfare advocate while getting free food and a wonderful pet. I love my chickens and ducks!!!
The lighting is abysmal. Next time hire a professional like me. It's one thing to create mood with light and dark, it's quite another to screw it all up and do a terrible disservice to the chickens who are actually beautiful. Shame on you.
It's meant to look dark... it's very stylized.
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They're so cute, just like their great, great, great......grand parents. Velocirapt...fc4bdc.jpg
That photo makes no sense there but I agree they look like their chicken grandparents.
Load More Replies... We indicate every breed in the book (teaser wink wink, go check our kickstarter wink wink)
Load More Replies... wow these are amazing, you never really stop and appreciate how beautiful these birds are.
This is an amazing post! Honestly, the photographs were very well done to emphasize how beautiful these animals are. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! They were really easy to photograph to be honest :)
Load More Replies... Couldn't you make these photos any darker? I can still almost see the chickens.
How can chickens look like they're twice divorced? Jk, but these are really awesome
Absolutely beautiful photography. Chickens are my favorite birds. I rescued one girl, she lived with me for six years before she passed. She had her own dog bed, loved watermelon, would lay down in front of the TV to watch the Flinstones, would peck my bed so I could pick her up and cuddle, and would purr me to sleep just like a kitty! :) Oh she loved listening to Mozart too, I'd play it when she was outside and she would lay down and watch the butterflies around her in my yard :')
I call my chickens the “feather dogs”, they really are so smart and sweet!!!
Load More Replies... I feel like crying whenever I see a live chicken because I had a cousin who had chickens and whenever my parents and I visited his family, I always hung out with him in the chicken coop. He tragically passed away a few years ago. He was 20.
*offers a sad smile, and if it is ok a hand to hold just for a bit.* "sorry for your loss" seems so inadequate.
Load More Replies... If you havent seen the documentary, Chicken People, it IS a MUST SEE!!! VERY FUNNY!
We name each breed in the book! (sorry I have to do some promo)
Load More Replies... Because that's an argument that you want to avoid?
Load More Replies... I was hoping to see a Dominicker... they are black and white and one of the larger breeds of chicken. I raised one when I was 10ish. A handsome rooster who followed me like a puppy. He got along with everyone, except my mom.
Chickens are lovely in general... except when you are going past them with a piece of salad (or anything) that you would have liked to eat by yourself...
This is truth! I walk outside with a piece of toast and suddenly I have 14 chickens surrounding me
Load More Replies... I am also professional photographer but I don't find these photographs professional at all.
Roosters are male chickens... back to school you go!
Load More Replies... Absolutely love these. Really great photography skills, by the way.
Is it bad that I know most of the breeds of these chickens *already* and have had many of the different kinds?
I like my chickens flat on the back, roasted golden brown, with a side order of stuffing and cranberry sauce.
To look at photos of beautiful, intelligent animals that want to live and feel pain and emotion and think of how you want it to die horribly for you to have a snack is disturbing.
Load More Replies... BEAUTIFUL STUNNING BIRDS. CAPTURED BY A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER. I COULD KEEP LOOKING FOR EVER. MORE PICTURES PLEAS. ESPECIALLY OF OLD TYPE GAME BIRDS. OR GAME BIRDS.
Hi guys, thank you for the article on our beloved Chic!ken project. If you’d like to know more about this project, we just published a full case study here: http://www.atellani.com/chicken-collection-photography-book-tranchellini-monti.html
Wow, I had no idea there were so many different kinds of chickens. They are all so beautiful.
Congratulations on your photographic ability, these images are beautiful, well done, Bravo!!!
Congratulations on your photographic skill, these images are beautiful, well done, bravo.
I'm fond of chickens, each bird is an individual. We had a rooster, Pretty Boy, hehad a golden mane and was a true gentlebird. When his hens laid their first egg (like humans birthing, its a painful frighting experience), he would sit next to his hen and comfort her. Each hen has a song she would sing to her chicks at night. While she nestled over them to keep them warm and safe. They're songs are sweet and different. For a long time I couldn't eat chicken out of respect for them. We didn't kill our birds. And soon ended up with over 100. We did collect the eggs that weren't sat on.
They are gorgeous. Makes me want to get a chicken. I had a friend who had a couple of bantam roosters. He said they were like a mad dog with feathers.
There are a few champion lookers there. A splendid set of photos.
Lovely, lovely animals... I’d highly suggest anyone who reads this should get their own! Not only do you have extremely fresh and delicious eggs that are much healthier for you, but it also means you are boycotting really horrible egg farms most chickens suffer in. They make great compost for the garden too! It’s a great way to be environmentally conscious, healthier, and an animal welfare advocate while getting free food and a wonderful pet. I love my chickens and ducks!!!
The lighting is abysmal. Next time hire a professional like me. It's one thing to create mood with light and dark, it's quite another to screw it all up and do a terrible disservice to the chickens who are actually beautiful. Shame on you.
It's meant to look dark... it's very stylized.
Load More Replies... I Have never believer in love spell until i met this world's top spell caster. She is really powerful and could help cast spell to bring back once's gone.Mama Karabou restore my life back. i had a fight with my husband in the past which led to our breakup. I tried all i could to make him come back to me but he refuse and said it was over between us, one day i came across a testimony on the internet on how Mama Karabou used his spell to reunite two lovers so i decided to contact Mama Karabou via email and she assured me that my husband will come back to me within 12 hours after she has finish the preparation of the white magic spell.I am very glad today to tell the world that Mama Karabou is truly a woman of her word because my husband came back to me and fell on his knees begging me to forgive him and accept him back.You can contact her on :whatsapp : +27733466145 Karabouwonder@gmail.com https://mamakarabouwonders.co.za
