Born in 1942, Vittorio Maria Arimondi left his native Italy in 1961 to attend art school in Stockholm, where his family had lived for a couple of years during his childhood. In 1965, he had his first encounter with the camera, as its subject. His natural good looks and need to support himself had led him to modeling where he quickly established himself. Over the next seven years he worked in Paris, Milan, London, Germany, New York, and Montreal on a spectrum of assignments from Vogue to Bazaar.

Victor Arimondi's photography brings people from many different realms together. They are all united by his use of the camera as the great equalizer, giving each person their own space, time, and recognition. Even his still-lifes are oblique portraits, depicting human traces rather than bodies. The primacy of photography throughout his life reflected an obsession with individuals and communities. And as he matured, his interests grew from academically aesthetic to psychosocially aware. But for Arimondi, the human condition was not just to be documented, but borne out and survived through creativity and living itself.