However, unlike much of that material, Galdi’s work stands out for the high quality of both the images and the prints. In this male nude, for example, one can observe his careful use of light, which casts subtle shadows, and above all the unusual posture of the subject, who does not face the camera but turns away from it, as if to avoid its gaze. The image clearly recalls classical painting, which, living in Rome, Galdi would have seen in the city’s museums and galleries.