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.
I work almost exclusively with medium format film cameras.
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