Kessel Ferrari and Poroli Special Boats, the exclusive Riva dealer for Germany and Switzerland, are joining together to form a new partnership.

KESSEL FERRARI - POROLI SPECIAL BOATS

Kessel Ferrari is happy to announce a new partnership with Poroli Special Boats shipyard in Ascona (Switzerland), a Ticino company rich in tradition that specialises in restoration, maintenance and sales of the exclusive Italian Riva boats.

The aim of the partnership of the two Ticino companies is to combine..

..two historic Italian brands, Ferrari and Riva, which are a symbol for Italian craftsmanship, precision and elegance.

The aim of the partnership of the two Ticino companies is to combine two historic Italian brands, Ferrari and Riva, which are a symbol for Italian craftsmanship, precision and elegance.

The traditional brands stand for distinctive beauty and are always in search of the very best performance and aesthetic appearance, in short, “perfection”.

“The work was commissioned in color and it has been used in color, but since the beginning I had this elegant black and white vision for it.”

— Def

“With black and white: landscape, shapes and textures, combine in a dynamic and elegant yet poetic photographic series.”

— Def

The two brands came together in the 1990s for the birth of the famous and legendary Riva “Ferrari” 32. The boat was built in the historic Riva shipyards in Sarnico. Uniting land and water has always been a dream of humankind and became an innovative step for both brands. With this as a positive model for the brands in the past, the two Ticino companies, driven by the same passion, now enter their new partnership 30 years later.

Side by side, both companies will carry out innovative collaborations and events in the Ticino region.

“I wanted the viewers to focus not solely on the objects but on the experience I lived while taking these photographs.”

— Def

A huge thank you to both Kessel and Poroli team for the great support, and thanks again for picking me for this special task. Shoutout to Alberto and Tiziana at Kessel and Davide and all of his team at Poroli. I truly hope you’ll enjoy this work as much as I loved shooting it, below a super backstage reportage by Davide Menarello.