Hello

That's me on the far left in my Zorro costume on my sister's birthday

It's important to know who's behind a website so I thought I'd introduce myself.

My name is Gattaldo

I grew up on the islands of Malta which are slap bang in the middle of the Mediterranean sea. Look at a map and you might just miss them. Look carefully below Italy, further south right under Sicily. There, you see them?

When I was your age, I loved drawing, libraries, reading, writing, swimming, dressing up, creating my own little zine (that's like a magazine but created at home) and framing life through a broken box camera* I'd found at our family home.

I went on to study Art in Florence in Italy, lucky enough to be surrounded by paintings, sculptures, amazing buildings and gardens.

For most of my life I created images to communicate messages for companies in advertising. Some years ago, I tried my hand at writing and illustrating a picture book about an investigative journalist who hailed from Malta. In the process I became intrigued by journalists and what they do. I now live in London with my husband Mike.

* A box camera is a simple type of camera, a box with lens on one side and film on the other. Its viewfinder is usually at the top.