About my work
I use photography, and the portrait in particular, as an expressive tool and medium to investigate emotional dynamics. When making a portrait, you are looking at and describing the other. But, at the same time, you are looking inside yourself too. There’s a moment in portrait photography when the subject and the photographer, each with their own life experiences, complete themselves. Later, observers will add their life experiences too. The charm of a meeting point between these three elements pushes me forward in my research.
Education
2002-2004 "Centro Sperimentale di Fotografia Ansel Adams", Rome
2005 "Officine Fotografiche" Rome
Internship
2005 Leonard Freed (Magnum Agency)
2008 Michael Ackerman (Agence VU')
2011 Anders Petersen
Art Fairs
oct 2012 Affordable Art Fair - MACRO Testaccio, Rome - represented by S.T. Libreria
Teaching
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY - Il ritratto come relazione umana e racconto sociale
workshop - Florence, feb 2012
workshop - Florence, jan 2013
Awards
2019
Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards | OPEN Category - finalist
2018
Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards | Photo Story Category - 3rd prize
PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award - finalist
2017
TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2017 - finalist
FOTOLEGGENDO 2017 - Second prize
PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award - finalist
2016
Portrait Salon exhibitor
PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award - finalist
2015
Moscow International Photo Awards winner - People-Culture Category - first place
Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards - Portrait Photography - finalist
2014
Portrait Salon exhibitor
International Photography Award winner - People-Children Category - second place
American Photography Winner (AP30 contest)
International Photography Award Honorable Mention - Fine Art and Portraiture Category
2013
Prix de la photographie Paris winner - Portraiture Category - third place
Prix de la photographie Paris winner - Portraiture-Other Category - first place
International Photography Award Honorable Mention - Fine Art and Portraiture Category
2012
International Photography Award winner - People-Portrait Category - second place
Prix de la photographie Paris winner - Press Category - second place
2010
Attenzione Talento Fotografico FNAC - MENTION TPW
B&W Magazine Portfolio Contest - Merit Award
Exhibitions
2019
Kuala Lumpur - ILHAM Gallery - award group exhibition (upcoming)
Athens - BENAKI Museum - APhF19 | Photobook Exhibition
2018
Kuala Lumpur - Whitebox Gallery - award group exhibition
Dresden - Bautzner69 showroom - Becoming a fencer - solo exhibition
Dresden - Festspielhause Hellerau - award group exhibition
2017
London - National Portrait Gallery - TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2017 - Exhibition
Dresden - Festspielhause Hellerau - award group exhibition
2016
Clerkenwell - London - Portrait Salon group exhibition
Krakow Photomonth - Der Greif »A Process 2.0« group exhibition
Dresden - Festspielhause Hellerau - award group exhibition
2015
Kuala Lumpur - Whitebox Gallery - award group exhibition
Rome Laboratori Visivi solo exhibition "Tattoo Tribù"
2014
Rome AOCF58 Bruno Lisi Gallery solo exhibition "Circus Crew"
Portland (OR) BlackBox Gallery - group exhibition - Portraiture through the lens
Rome s.t. Gallery - group exhibition - Le 15. Fotografie e altre opere su carta
2013
Florence Libreria Feltrinelli: solo exhibition "Summer Portraits"
2012
Rome Casa del Cinema - group exhibition
2011
Rome Occhirossi Festival group exhibition
2010
Rome Cascina Farsetti Art - group exhibition
Rome b>gallery - solo exhibition "En face"
2009
Rome Circolo di Cultura omosessuale Mario Mieli
2008
Rome Fotoleggendo Festival - group exhibition
2006
Rome Officine Fotografiche "Obbiettivo donna"
2005
Montpellier Boutographie Festival - group exhibition
Publication
PORTRAITS - Hellerau Photography Award 2018 - Exhibition Catalogue
TAYLOR WESSING Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 - Exhibition Catalogue
PORTRAITS - Hellerau Photography Award 2017 - Exhibition Catalogue
PORTRAITS - Hellerau Photography Award 2016 - Exhibition Catalogue
Fugazine #2
Dienacht Magazine #16
WITTY Magazine #3
WITTY Magazine #2
B&W Magazine issue n.76
Blogs | Web Magazine
Fotoroom
f-stop Magazine #82
Life-framer journal - Youthhood - Editor's pick
f-stop Magazine #79
f-stop Magazine #78
Der Greif - »A Process 2.0« exhibition
Fraction Magazine #86 - The Eighth Anniversary Issue
f-stop Magazine #67
Gomma Magazine web frontcover September 2014
Fotovisura
Dodho Magazine #13