About Sergio

> Sergio Piumatti has been passionate about photography since childhood. But it was not until 1983, in Hong Kong, that a friend convinced him to buy a Canon A1 camera with three lenses. By 1989, his travel images were in the files of stock agencies in Italy, Germany, England, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

> Sergio's travel photography has been used for advertising by Buitoni (Italian pasta producer), American Express, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Cunard Cruise Line, Crystal Cruises, Silversea Cruises, Renaissance Cruises, La Quinta Hotels and the Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau.

> Editorial credits from both stock and assignments include among others: Texas Highways Magazine, Martial Arts magazines in Italy, Germany and USA (featured as both write and photographer with reportages from China, Thailand and Indonesia), Interior decorating magazines, Photo Techniques Magazine, PixelMag from Australia (featured as writer, photographer and also with Photoshop tutorials), Nursery Retailer Magazine, Response Magazine.

> Book publishers include McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Harcourt School Publishers, Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin Company, Christian Light Publications, Inc., APA Publications of Singapore and National Geographic Books Division.

> Sergio Piumatti is fluent in English, Italian, German and French and has a good understanding of Spanish.