Claudio Santini is a photographer whose work has been published in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Domus, and Abitare, among other internationally known publications. Claudio was born in Rome where he studied photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design, and architecture at the University of Rome. He is the author of the recently published book, "Green is Beautiful: The Eco-Friendly House," which explores contemporary green residential architecture around the world. Much of Santini's work is related to the environment and is inspired by the culture's new tendency toward optimizing our natural resources--trends that are influencing our lifestyle choices and gradually reshaping our society at large.